Karnataka Progressive Education Society was registered in the year 1975 under the able leadership of the prestigious ‘Karnataka Rajyotsava’ awardee Dr. G. M. Patil who was the founder President of the Society along with Shri C. M. Shivanagoudar, an eminent lawyer of North Karnataka as Vice President and Smt. Yamuna Bai Kalyan, former Deputy Director of Public Instructions, Govt.of Karnataka as Secretary.