About Our Founder
Poojya Sri. S. Kariappa
“ಮಕ್ಕಳೇ ದೇವರ ಪ್ರತೀಕ”
Poojya Sri. S. Kariappa
- Rural Education Society was established in the year 1932 and has a legacy spanning approximately 92 years.
- Sri S. Kariappa, a well-known Gandhian, was born in Sorekayidoddi village, Sathanuru Hobli, Kanakapura Taluk, on the occasion of Ramanavami in the year 1900.
- He was the first graduate from Mysore University in 1929 from the Kanakapura region.
- He served as an MLA four times and was a devoted follower of Mahatma Gandhi and the Indian freedom movement. He led a saintly life, remained a bachelor throughout his life, and dedicated himself entirely to the cause of rural education.
