R.L. Science Institute

The Raja Lakhamagouda Science Institute is an autonomous education institution run by Karnataka Lingayat Education (K.L.E.) Society in Belagavi. It was established in 1935 and was named after the head of the former princely state Vantamuri, Raja Lakhamagouda Saradesai.  The Raja Lakhamagouda Science Institute was inaugurated in 1944by the noble laureate Sir C. V. Raman.North Karnataka during pre-independence period was educationally and economically a backward region. Yet, there was a great thirst for education among the people. This educationally backward region experienced a scientific renaissance of the mind and the spirit with the inception of the Science college in Belagavi by Karnataka Lingayat Education Society, in 1935. Initially, the Science course was introduced in the, then, already existing Lingaraj College. It was progressing by leaps and bounds; and subsequently,in 1941, it was named as Raja Lakhamagouda Science Institute, after the name of the munificent Sardar Raja Lakhamagouda Basavaprabhu Sardesai of Vantamuri, who had generously donated to the institute.