Mr. B .L .GOWDA, the honorable ex-agricultural minister of Karnataka Govt, established co-operative sugar factory in Hiriyur depending on Marikanive dam for water facility to grow sugar cane. Then this establishment decided to collect one rupee per tonne from farmers. The fund was increased day by day so they decided to start the college for the children of the farmers and poor of the Hiriyur taluk. The college was started in the name “Vani vilasa sahakara Sakkare karkane kala mattu vanijjya Prtama Darje College” on 20/08/1980 for BA course, B.COM course in 1982 at the factory premises. Sri.M. Veerapamoile the then the Minister for Finance and G.B. Shankar Rao then the Minister for Higher Education extended their hands to establish the college. Sri P.T. Eshwarappa Who was the then chairman of All India Sugar Federation was the first president of the college; Mr. D. Manjunath was the first secretary of this institution who is ex-higher education minister.