Shri B M Patil Medical College Hospital and Research Centre

Established in 1910, BLDE Association is committed to the cause of providing quality education, from primary to University education, in the backward region of North Karnataka. During its history of over 100 years, the association was built into a fo ver 100 years, the association was built into a formidable educational organization by great visionaries Dr. P. G. Halakatti, known as ‘Vachana Pitamah’ in Kannada Literature, Shri Shri Sanganabasaveshwar Maha Shivayogigalu of Banthanal, a religious leader, and Dr. B. M. Patil, educationist and statesman. Presently, the association is guided by Dr. M. B. Patil, a visionary leader and a towering figure in Karnataka politics. BLDE Association sponsors and runs over 80 educational institutions, including primary schools, high schools, pre-university colleges and degree colleges in the faculties of arts, science, commerce, law, management, science, fine arts, pharmacy, nursing, ayurveda, sericulture, engineering, polytechnics and medical sciences and sponsors the BLDE University. The institutions are spread over Vijayapura and Bagalkot districts, and depending on where it best serves the community's needs, they are located in villages, taluks and district headquarters. BLDE Association, which completed more than 100 years of meaningful services to the people way back in 1910, reaffirms its commitment to serve the cause of education and hence region, state and the country in the decades to come with greater responsibility and dedication.