KLE Society, also known as the Karnataka Lingayat Education Society, is a prominent educational institution in India. The three great selfless visionary founder members were Shri Sardar Veerabhadrappa Gunappa Naik Rao Bhadur Desai of Chachadi, Rao Bahadur B C Artal, Sri Vaijappa A Angol, and the Seven dedicated teachers and Founder Life Members were Sri M R Sakhre, Prof.SS Basavanal, Sri H F Kattimani, Sri B B mamadapur, Sri B S Hanchinal, Sri Panditappa Chikodi and Sri V V Patil came together and their efforts led to the foundation of KLE.