The Rural Education Society (RES) started the high school funded by Mangesh N. Kulakrni, Ananth Ramachandra Kagal family, and D. M. Nadkarni the Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins and the others from Bankikodla-Hanehalli.

Kulkarni was a printing press owner in Mumbai whereas Kagal was Chief Inspector of Factories, Bombay.

The high school is now supported by the Karnataka Secondary Education Board, Bangalore.

The leaders of Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins during the British rule in India took the task of spreading education.

In the early days, classes were held in Bakanatheshwar temple and in Dinu Master's (D. M. Nadkarni) house.