Shri Vijay Mahantesh Ayurvedic Medical College of Shri Vijay Mahantesh Vidya Vardhak Sanghs’s Ilkal is one of the premier Institution of Ayurveda in the North Karnataka, with a view of giving knowledge of Ayurveda to the rural part of Karnataka, it was established in 1992. Earlier it was affiliated to Karnataka University, Dharwad now after the commence of Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, Bangalore in 1996 it got affiliated to it, Since then the intake capacity of student increased from 50 to 60, and college & hospital are recognized by Central Council of Indian Medicine(CCIM) & Department of AYUSH, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, New Delhi.