Addressing this state of rural higher education in India, SDM Institute of Technology has been providing a brilliant platform for students in Ujire, Karnataka. “Our principle ‘socio- economic development can only be achieved by educating the rural community’ is the motivational force behind all the ventures initiated by SDM Educational Society,” mentions Dr. K. Suresh, Principal, SDM Institute of Technology. Established in the year 2007 by distinguished visionary Padmavibhushan Dr. D. Veerendra Heggade, the institute runs under the aegis of Shri Kshethra Dharmasthala SDME Society, Ujire. SDMIT has obtained 95 percent result in the past years consecutively securing university ranks too. Displaying such a success record, the Principal proudly boasts saying, “Our institute has left no stone unturned to bring in the best of the opportunities to our students irrespective of its geographical location and so they have been performing so well.”With the ambition of