About Jnana Kalpa in Sri Sai Sadan, Srinagar, Haliyal road,, Dharwad

Vision is to provide support for education both monetary and in the form of material needs like books, instruments & accommodation costs etc. for the meritorious unprivileged children from Daivajna Brahmin community and thus try to improve the living conditions of the poor.

Founder
He had his Matriculation from Sri Marikamba High School, Sirsi. He completed Inter Science securing first rank, from Karnataka College, Dharwad. In Inter Science, he scored 114/100 in Algebra which is still an outstanding record. He graduated in B E (Telecom), securing second rank from Pune University in the year 1953.

After an initial short period of service in the Overseas Communication Service he joined IIT., Bombay as faculty. He was deputed to USSR on UNESCO fellowship for a period of two years to get specialized training in Electron Devices Technology.

He has number of prestigious awards from JIETE and JIE (Electrical section) for his contribution of outstanding papers published in the journals. Notable among them are K.S.Krishnan memorial award 1984, CDIL award in 1984 & 1985 for his papers published in JIETE. He has bagged the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Memorial Gold Medal during 1982-83 and 1983-84, and the President of India prize for 1982-83 and 1983-84 for his publications in JIE.

He has donated his savings for a very noble cause of helping the poor needy students frame their career. He has donated Rs 1 crore each to Ramakrishna Mission Ashram, Belgaum and Jnanakalpa Education Trust, Dharwad for assisting the poor students from all over the state