Prabhakar Kore

Who is Prabhakar Kore?

Prabhakar Kore is an Indian politician and a member of Rajya Sabha from Karnataka. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the chairman of the Karnatak Lingayat Education Society, Belgaum which runs over 220 educational institutions in Karnataka.

As chairman of the K.L.E. Society since 1984, he has contributed significantly to the society’s emergence as a premier education provider. The K.L.E. Society has 204 institutions under its fold with a student community in excess of 70,229 and a workforce of over 8,226. The society offers education, in nearly every stream of learning. Under his chairmanship over 166 institutions have been newly created. A unique aspect of this growth has been the focus to make an education impact in rural areas in fields such as Pharmacy, Nursing, Education Management Studies, Computer Applications, Engineering etc. In keeping with his vision of ensuring that the KLE has a global presence, Prabhakar Kore has been the moving spirit behind the establishment of international schools at Delhi and Bangalore.

Kore has been responsible for getting University status for the society’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Belgaum and Institute of Dental Sciences Belgaum as ‘KLE University’, Belgaum. Further, he has ushered in an era of collaborations in health sciences by entering into MoUs with universities of Illinois, Chicago, and Sunderland. Yet another remarkable achievement of his has been the establishment of a sophisticated 1000-bed KLE Hospital and M.R.C., with investment exceeding Rs.110 crores. Apart from providing useful teaching material to students of medical science, KLE 820-bed Charitable Hospital, Belgaum is serving as a lifeline of the poor and downtrodden people of the region. Thus, he has made Belgaum the hub of Education and Health care. For this outstanding and selfless contribution of a great sacrifice, the K.L.E.Society named this great monument of national pride after him as KLES Prabhakar Kore Hospital and M.R.C., Belgaum.