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Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University (SDM University) was formed on December 19, 2018
as a State Private University of Karnataka State in Sattur, Dharwad, under the Shri Dharmasthala

Manjunatheshwara University Act

The University has been sponsored by Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Educational (SDME)
Society, Ujire, Dakshina Kannada District, Karnataka, a premier non -profit Educational Society. This
Society operates under the auspices of Shree Kshetra Dharmasthala and under the excellent leadership
of Poojya Shri D. Veerendra Heggade, the Chancellor of the University. Dr. Niranjan Kumar, a well -

known plastic surgeon, is the first Vice Chancellor of the University.

The University's Chancellor is a visionary leader whose ambition was to establish an affordable Centre
of Excellence in Medical Education and Healthcare for the people of North Karnataka. The University
and its constituent institutions provide exceptional education and healthcare under the skilled
leadership of the Chancellor and Vice Chancellor. The University provides a very conducive
environment throughout the campus, with contemporary infrastructure, hostels and nutritional meals

With its constituent institutions, SDM University continues to advance its mission of providing quality,
affordable education and healthcare services while nurturing competent healthcare professionals and
future leaders.

Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University will set the highest standards of teaching and
learning, awakening the intelligence of the students and nurturing the creativity hidden in them by

creating an environment where the ancient wisdom blends with modernscience,to transform

themintowholehuman beingsto facethechallenges.