J.S.S.Mahavidyapeetha, Mysore is well known for promoting the cause of education in the Southern part of Karnataka for over four decades.

Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Mahavidyapeetha is the central body that runs over 250 educational institutions. It was established in the year 1954 by the foresight and vision of his Holiness Jagadguru Late Sri Sri Sri Dr. Shivarathri Rajendra Mahaswamiji, the 23^rd pontiff of Suttur Mutt. The Vidyapeetha runs institution from the creche level to Research Institutions, training doctoral scholars. The present pontiff, his Holiness Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Deshikendra Mahaswamiji is the current President of the J.S.S.Mahavidyapeetha since Dec., 1986. Under his able direction and blessings many high schools, several colleges, an Ayurvedic College, two Engineering Colleges, a Polytechnic, an Industrial training institute, a School of Nursing and a College of Nursing are functioning efficiently. The present Pontiff’s illustrious predecessors have been the driving force in formulating the policies and programmes, in terms of broadening the vision of the J.S.S.Mahavidyapeetha. This has been endorsed by many educationists as more than a university. Several thousands of students, teachers and employees derive benefit from these institutions