Karnatak Lingayat Education Society was started in the year 1916 by like minded enthusiastic group of young men like Shri. S.S. Basavanal, Shri. M.R. Sakhare, Shri. H.F. Kattimani, Shri P.R.Chikodi, Shri B.B.Mamadapur, Shri B.S.Hanchinal, Sardar V.V. Patil, Rao Bahadur Rudragouda Aratal, Sardar V.G. Naik Bahadur Desai and Rao Bahadur V.A. Anigol. These simple sublime souls firmly believed that education is the only means for the upliftment of the down trodden.

Karnatak Lingayat Education Society was the result of the efforts of such devoted group of people who lived for the sacred cause of Education. They started initially the Anglo Vernacular School in 1916 at Belgaum. Started with a school at Belgaum year by year the society added schools, colleges and higher education institutions to its credit.

Now the society is running 284 institutions throughout Karnataka, Maharashtra & Delhi.Its has established many Institutions across the World.

Honorable chairman Sri. Prabhakar Kore along with his team members of the Board of Management are putting efforts for the unprecedented growth of the society.