Dharwad houses the prestigious Indian Institute of Technolgy (IIT), the ball for which was set rolling by late SR Bommai, father of chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, when he was the HRD minister in the United Front government between 1996-1998. Dharwad houses the prestigious Indian Institute of Technolgy (IIT), the ball for which was set rolling by late SR Bommai, father of chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, when he was the HRD minister in the United Front government between 1996-1998.
