A nearly 100 years (established in 1910) old Organization, Bijapur Liberal District Education Association, affectionately referred to as BLDEA like many a large organizations had a humble beginning. But it had great visionary like PG Halakatti as founding father, great statesman like BM Patil as custodian.More over it always had the spiritual and moral blessings of seers like Shri Shantveer Swamijee of Babaleshwar and Poojya Banthanal Mahaswamijee. One should say the Organization itself is lucky to have such people behind it. It was the 23rd of October,1910.
As an extension to its primary aim of imparting education BLDEA has been nurturing institutions and programs that render a variety of services to the community as well. For the rural underprivileged masses It runs a rural health centre and conducts frequent health check up camps. BLDEA's Shri BM Patil Medical College Hospital has grown in to a large, extensively equipped referral hospital. While providing specialty and super specialty services to the community it also acts as a training and research centre for graduate and post graduate students in medicine, nursing and pharmacy