Overview

The Vokkaligara Sangha was founded in the year 1906 to promote social, cultural and educational aspirations of the agricultural community of the erstwhile Mysore State. For 60 years, the Sangha was running a hostel called "Vokkaligara Hostel", which was providing hostel facilities for all communities. Many distinguished officers, educationists and political leaders of Karnataka hailing from rural areas made use of this hostel facility during their educational career.

The Sangha has been promoting the cause of education. Under its auspices, the following institutions are being run:

Visveswarapuram College of Science

Visveswarapuram College of Arts and Commerce

Visveswarapuram College of Law

Visveswarapuram Evening College of Arts, Commerce and Law.

Bangalore Institute of Technology (Offering courses in Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Instrumentation, Computer Science, Architecture, MCA, MBA etc.)

V.V Puram Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Rural Middle School and High School at Sreegandhadakaval.

Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences. (KIMS)

Vokkaligara Sangha Dental College.

Kempegowda Institute of Nursing.

Kempegowda Institute of Physiotherapy

The number of students studying in all these institutions is well over 8000.

Facilities

Location

KR Road, V V Puram, Bangalore, Bengaluru - 560004

Placement