Vijnaneshwara Pratishthana Trust Martur · Kalaburagi · Karnataka

Governance


Legal registration and trustees.

The Pratishthana is a Public Charitable Trust registered under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882, and is also registered with the Income Tax Department.

Income Tax registration

PAN No.
AABTV7243B
Section 12A registration number
AABTV7243BL02

Board of Trustees

The Trust is managed by a Board of Trustees consisting of eminent personalities.

Featured Trustees

Portrait of Shri Basavaraj Ganpathrao Patil Sedam, President.
Shri Basavaraj Ganpathrao Patil Sedam President · Former Member of Parliament
Portrait of Shri M. Lakshminarayana, IAS (Retd.).
Shri M. Lakshminarayana, IAS (Retd.) Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Karnataka
Portrait of Shri Ameet Kumar Deshpande, Senior Advocate.
Shri Ameet Kumar Deshpande Senior Advocate

Other Trustees

Shri Mahadevayya Karadalli
Trustee (Administration) · Executive Trustee

Born 1955. A postgraduate in Political Science and a retired Canara Bank officer with 37 years of service. He looks after the Trust's day-to-day activities, having worked closely under Justice Dr. M. Rama Jois. A writer on jurisprudence and Bharatiya knowledge traditions, his talks have been broadcast on All India Radio.

Shri Suresh D. Bulbule
Trustee

An entrepreneur and educationist based in Kalaburagi. As President of the Hingulambika Education Society, he oversees an Ayurvedic Medical College, a B.Ed. college, and a high school, with a focus on academic standards and traditional systems of medicine.

Shri Gundappa Vishwakarma (Kambar)
Trustee

A farmer, former teacher, and social worker from Martur. He donated half an acre of his own land for the construction of Vijnaneshwara Bhavana — the ground the research centre now stands on.

Prof. Vasudev Sedam
Trustee

An economist and former Chairman of the Department of Economics at Gulbarga University, with a long career teaching and guiding research in development economics and public policy.

Prof. M. Kotresh
Trustee

A historian, archaeologist, and epigraphist — Senior Professor of History and Archaeology at Tumkur University, former Registrar (Administration) of Karnataka Sanskrit University, and All-India President of the Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan Yojana.

Shri S. C. Patil
Trustee

An educationist and social worker from Kalaburagi, and founder of Prakruti School (nursery to Class X). He was active in relief work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Basavaraj Patil Martur
Trustee

A medical practitioner, farmer, and social worker from Martur who has long provided rural healthcare. He served as President of the Martur Gram Panchayat, working on local infrastructure, sanitation, and welfare.

Advocate Vikram Phadke
Trustee

A legal practitioner based in Bengaluru, handling civil, constitutional, and commercial matters before various courts, and active in legal-awareness work.

Sri Yogishwara Yajnavalkya Seva Samiti, Kalaburagi
Trustee (institutional)

Represented by its President. A Dharmic organisation devoted to the philosophy and Smriti of Maharshi Yajnavalkya and the relevance of Bharatiya thought today — a fitting custodian, given that the Mitakshara is itself a commentary on the Yajnavalkya Smriti.