Vokkaligara Sangha Dental College and Hospital was established in the year 1986 and is located in the heart of the city close to Central Railway and Bus Station. Occupying nearly 1,20,000 sq.ft. V.S. Dental College was affiliated to Bangalore University and now is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore , Karnataka. The College got its recognition from D.C.I. in the year 1992. Dental Council of India has permitted Post Graduate Studies in the year 2001 in all the specialties Dentistry. The Institution started its first batch with 52 students and the current intake for BDS is 100. The MDS courses started in the year 2001-02 with the present intake of 39 seats. The Institution offers Ph.D program in the subject of Oral & Maxillo-Facial Surgery and Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics.

Today V.S. Dental College and Hospital is one of the most sought after institutions in India both for undergraduate and postgraduate admissions. Clinics and laboratories are well equipped with state of the art equipment. Training in medical subjects is imparted at KIMS Campus, with good inflow of patients (300 – 500 patients).