Nijalingappa Institute of Dental Sciences & Research was established in 1986-87 with strength of 40 students for BDS course. Since then it has achieved a remarkable record in this region and the field. The institution was recognized by Dental Council of India in 1995. it is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Karnataka, Bangalore. Besides the under graduate program, we also conduct postgraduate program in six specialties of Dentistry.
The Four storied building of Dental College is situated in 7 acres of land on Sedam Road. The institution has got tie up with Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, Kalaburagi, BTGH-Basaweshwar Teaching and General Hospital, Kalaburagi for training of students in basic science and medical subjects. We provide an excellent environment and attitude conducive to the progress of students, so that they can achieve high standard of professional knowledge and overall excellence as an individual.
The college & hospital is situated in close proximity to the well known 760 bedded Basaweshwar Hospital. This proximity and reputation of our hospital ensure continuous & large flow of patient with wide range of pathological conditions. Each department is spaciously designed to accommodate separate UG & PG. Clinics, Laboratories, Seminar room, patient waiting area, sterilization & staff room. Every department is well ventilated and has got state of the art teaching technology, and they are well equipped with modern equipments, instruments and all latest materials. The departments are provided with an overhead projector, transparency slide-projector and also all the latest teaching aids like LCD, & Multimedia with internet access.
The faculty members are productively using these facilities not only for training the students but also for conducting continuing Dental Education Programmers for the benefits of all the professionals, students and practitioners.

EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IS REFLECTED IN VARIOUS INSTITUTIONAL PRACTICES SUCH AS DECENTRALIZATION AND PARTICIPATIVE MANAGEMENT
• The administration is decentralized .The Principal is assisted by different committee members like Academic, Examination, grievance, disciplinary committee. The committees monitor the various activities of constituents units of the entire education system. All the departments and infrastructure units are headed by competent faculty who leads the department under the directions of the Principal.
• The Teachers, Students and Administrators who are involved as members submit their inputs. All the departments have generated SWOT analysis of their department strategy.
• There are monthly meetings of representatives of students from all the batches
• To explore new avenues of incentives , awards and welfare measures to attract are conducted and experienced staff are retained
• College conducts educational programmes like CDE programmes , lectures, educational camps etc., which are undertaken by a team involving student representatives and lecturers

GOALS AND OBJECTIVES
• The institutions well defined goals and objectives deals with the patient’s care the quality of dental service it should provide and the standard of dental training it should impart to its students.
• Various committees with representations from staff students have been formed and these committees meet regularly to monitor progress. The college publishes the updated student’s information booklet which includes the comprehensive information regarding these programs, information about the institution, faculty, laboratories, library, syllabus and other details.
• With a clear vision of providing good dental education and quality dental treatment the management has taken the responsibility of providing the necessary infrastructure to reach the stake holders, the management has defined leadership at the institutional and developmental levels.
• The duties of each head are well defined and each one has its independence and autonomy this decentralizing the power. The organization structure has perfect decentralization and has appropriate stakeholders participation at all the critical processes.
• The overall goal of monitoring and evaluation in the implementation of this Strategic Plan is to provide timely and quality information on performance to inform decision making.
• The framework shall comprise of ..
• Monitoring responsibilities -The overall performance monitoring and evaluation shall be the responsibility of the Principal and HOD’s. It is the responsibility of them and other heads of sections to monitor the performance of their areas of in the implementation of this Strategic Plan and recommend and take appropriate action.
• The administration is decentralized .The Principal is assisted by different committee members like Academic, Examination, grievance, disciplinary committee. The committees monitor the various activities of constituents units of the entire education system. All the departments and infrastructure units are headed by competent faculty who leads the department under the directions of the Principal.
• Indicators -The monitoring and evaluation shall be carried out by the principal and HOD’s whose responsibilities shall include:
• Coordinating the development of the college Strategic Plan
• Harmonizing the Departmental Strategic plans
o Coordinating annual work plans
o Implement monitoring and evaluation instruments
o Receiving, analyzing, summarizing and consolidating reports from lower units for onward transmission to the management as per specific timelines
o Carrying out annual, mid-term, end-term evaluations and explaining any significant variations in performance to the management
o Coordinating and helping in drafting performance contracts for all levels and staff reporting on performance contract targets
o Coordinating performance evaluation
o Identifying and tracking performance benchmarks
• Collection and maintenance of performance data -Performance data on each indicator shall be identified and collected on a continuous basis and maintained in a database.
College is accredited by NAAC.