ABOUT SRI SIDDHARTHA EDUCATION SOCIETY
Sri Siddhartha Education Society was founded by Shikshana Bheeshma Dr. H.M. Gangadharaiah in the year 1959 with the blessings of Saint Vinoba Bhave. The first institution established by the society was Sri Siddhartha Residential Rural High School at Gollahalli, native village of Dr. H.M. Gangadharaiah, now renamed as Siddharthanagara
The activity growth of the Society is truly phenomenal. This has been possible mainly due to the strong conviction, clarity of vision, determined plan of action, dedicated band of people and down-to-earth approach of the management.
Today the total number of institutions runs by the Society crosses 85 with a total students strength of more than 16000 and staff strength 1800. The main objective of the society is to “REACH THE UNREACHED” in the field of Education. The Society takes pride that the outgoing students of its institutions have all found successful career placements and a large number of them are positioned in Government Jobs. The Society presently manages over 85 institutions under its stewardship, the notable ones being: Engineering College, Medical College, Dental College, Center for Media studies offering PG Programs in Mass communication and Electronic Media, Teacher Education College (B.Ed), School of Nursing, College of Nursing, First Grade College, TCH Colleges, Training Institutes, Sanskrit Schools, Pail schools throughout Karnataka.
Sri Siddhartha Group of Institutions has grown to be the hub of higher education with excellent teaching facilities and highly qualified and experienced teaching faculty. With diversified professional courses, the range of subjects is wide giving a good choice to the students seeking admission here.
Founder Dr. H.M Gangadharaiah’s dream of establishing a university has been materialized by his two worthy sons Dr. G. Shivaprasad, and Dr. G. Parameshwara, Secretary, Sri Siddhartha Education Society, have established Sri Siddhartha Academy of Higher Education (SSAHE) a deemed university at Tumkur.
SSES has achieved its Golden Jubilee Celebrations in 2009 The Society to its credit has dedicated, long standing teaching and non-teaching staff members in its institutions.