Shridevi Institute of Engineering & Technology (SIET), Tumakuru, Karnataka is affiliated to Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka, and is approved by AICTE New Delhi. Shridevi Institute of Engineering & Technology is a brainchild of Honorable Dr. M. R. Hulinaykar, (Chairman and Managing Trustee, SCT, Tumakuru). He is the President of Sri Shridevi Charitable Trust (R.), which is running 12 Institutions under various streams of education. His love for education and care for his native district manifested itself in the form of this college.

Medical education has tremendous scope in developing countries after globalization, due to intelligent and dedicated manpower availability. Recently, tremendous growth in the areas of Information Technology and automated medical equipment further enhanced the need of qualified Doctors. Karnataka state should not lag behind in producing competent and qualified doctors to fulfill demand. There is an ample opportunity in serving the society especially socially and economically weaker sections of the people to provide free medical facilities by a new multi-specialty Hospital and associated Medical College at Tumkur District of Karnataka State.