18-07-2025
BLDE to start Ayurveda hospital in Vijayapura
Mallikarjun Kharge, AICC president, will inaugurate some new institutions including an Ayurvedic hospital by the Bharatiya Lingayat Development Education (BLDE) society in Vijayapura on July 27.
Minister M.B. Patil, BLDE society chairman and BLDE university chancellor, told reporters in Vijayapura on Friday that the hospital will have all necessary infrastructure facilities and trained man power to treat diseases. It will provide Panchakarma, Netra Kriya Kalpa, and other treatments.
An extension wing of the B.M. Patil medical college will be set up in the Ayurveda hospital to provide integrated medicine and hi-tech diagnostic facilities. It will have medicine, surgery, paediatrics, gynaecology, orthopaedic and other departments. It will also house a clinical laboratory.
The B.M. Patil Foundation Innovation and Incubation Centre will be inaugurated, where students will try to convert their ideas into technology tools that could benefit society or be turned into business ideas. It will be a centre for industry- academia interaction that will inspire rural youth turn entrepreneurs, Mr. Patil said. A pilot project of mentoring 1,200 students has started. As many as 450 have gained recognition for their ideas in hackathons.
Sri Shivarudra Swami of Belimath will be present during the inauguration.
BLDE plans to open CBSE schools in Vijayapura, Basavana Bagewadi and Devar Hippargi. It will set up BCA and B Pharma colleges in Basavana Bagewadi.
The 115 year old society, started by P.G. Halkatti, Sri Sanganabasava Swami of Bantanal now has 36,000 students and 4,500 teachers and staff.
BLDE deemed university has obtained NAAC A grade (3.09 CGPA) for five years. The hospital is National Board of Accreditation certified for four years. It has been ranked in a rank band of 101-150 for three years by National Institutional Ranking Framework.
The university faculty have got 689 publications, eight patents and 31 copy rights. As many as 12 patents have been applied for, Mr. Patil said.
Pro-Chancellor Y.M. Jayaraj, Vice-Chancellor Dr. Arun Inamdar, Registrar R.V. Kulkarni, principal of BLDE Medical College Aravind Patil, principal of Pharmacy College Mallikarjun Shetty, principal of Ayurveda College D. Ashok Patil, principal of Engineering College P. Manjumath, Medical Superintendent of the Hospital R. Rajesh Honnutagi, public relations officer Mahantesh Biradar and others were present.
