Rashtreeya Sikshana Samithi Trust was established in the year 1940 Sri. M.C. Shivanada Srma, a mightly man of miracles came from a small village near Mysore & established a primary school with only 6 students in this city of Bangalore. He approached a number of Philanthropists and merchants & with their donation started building R.V. Institutions.

The following institutions are run & managed by the Trust under the able guidance of Sri.M.K.Panduranga Setty, a leading industrialist of Karnataka & also the Rotary International Director & a team of dedicated trustees, the trust has been rendering a yeoman service in the field of education. The philosophy of the Trust is "Excellence in Education and Service to Humanity"

1. R.V. Sishu Vihar
2. R.V. Higher Primary School
3. R.V. Integrated School for the Disabled
4. R.V. High School
5. R.V. Girls High School
6. NMKRV PU College for Women
7. NMKRV College for Women Including PG Dept.
8. SSMRV PU College
9. SSMRV Degree College
10. R.V. Teachers College - Institute of Advanced Studies in Education
11. R.V Teachers Training Institute
12. R.V. College of Engineering
13. D.A. Pandu Memorial R.V. Dental College & Hospital
14. R.V. Centre for Manufacturing Research & Technology Utilisation
15. R.V. Institute of Sanskrit & Gandhian Studies
16. Shashwathi - A Women's Heritage Museum
17. R.V. Educational Consortium
18. R.V. Health Centre
19. R.V. Institute for social Service & Skill Promotion
20. R.V-TIFAC Composites Design Centre
21. R.V. Public School (ICSE)
22. R.V. Institute of Management.
23. Foundation for clean Energy & Environment
24. R.V. College of Nursing
25. R.V. College of Physiotherapy

D.A. Pandu Memorial R.V Dental College was established in the year 1992 first affiliated to Bangalore University & now to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, approved & recognized by Dental Council of India. The D.A. Pandu Memorial R.V. Dental College & Hospital is located in a spacious building & equipped with the latest equipments to treat Dental & Oral Diseases. The D.A. Pandu Memorial R.V. Dental College has strong faculty in all the branches of Dentistry with experienced staff members in all the faculties.

The College offers Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) course, that is of 5 years duration, including one year of compulsory rotatory internship. At present the college is imparting training in BDS degree (Bachelor of Dental Surgery).

The College has started PG course in 8 specialties of Dentistry in the academic year 2003-2004.

The College has taken up massive work in the field of Community Dental Programme in rural areas. The detail of this is furnished. Our institution is the first to have Mobile Dental Van in Bangalore city. The equipment have been donated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, USA. The objective of this programme is to expose our students to work in rural setup of our country, so that they will be able to work in rural areas after graduation. The institution countries & in this direction the institution has arranged a number of CME programs, Lectures & Workshops by National & International Speakers which has enabled our students & faculty to acquaint themselves with the recent advances.

The Library of the college is well equipped with books & periodicals, Photocopying, Scanning & Printing facilities. The facility to browse the Internet is also available. Computers have been provided in all the departments. These computers have been interconnected over a LAN (Local Area Network).

The faculty members of this institution have presented papers in National & International conferences & also published in Journals. The Institution has completed research projects including one sponsored by UNICEF / DRDO.
The Trust has committed to make this institution a model-training centre in the filed of Community Oral health Programme, so that, the health workers, professionals from all over the world can utilize the services & interact with local health professionals for the benefit of Humanity.

Research work/ Projects undertaken :

1. Project on Dental Health Education for school Children sponsored by UNICEF in collaboration with Zilla Panchayat, Mysore is completed.
2. Project completed on Study on Periodontal Tissues sponsored by Dabur Pharmaceuticals
3. Project completed on Hepatitis B screening in Dental Students - Medical Research Foundation of Bangalore

In this direction the college is recognized as a partner in the CAMHADD collaborative centre.

The department of Pedodontia has taken up unique school health programme covering the school chidren in Hosur supported by TVS. These two programmes are appreciated by WHO representative who visited recently.