Deralakatte

Deralakatte is a village on the outskirts of Mangalore in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka state in India. It used to be a hillock with a small population. It is on the way to Mangalore University, Konaje from the heart of Mangalore city. The village has slowly transformed to a town with the help of several educational institutes by the Nitte Education Trust and Yenepoya group.Institutions of higher educationNitte Education Trust and Nitte UniversityNitte University is a deemed University located at Derlakatte. It is formed under the Trust of Nitte University, a Trust sponsored by Nitte Education Trust which has established 31 institutions spread in 3 campuses at Nitte, Mangalore and Bangalore.Nitte University have following institutions in Deralakatte. KS Hegde Medical Academy also known as KSHEMA A B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences Nitte Institute of Physiotherapy Nitte Usha Institute of Nursing Sciences Nitte Architecture CollegeYenepoya UniversityYenepoya University is a deemed University declared under Section 3 of the UGC Act,1956. It has been accredited with A grade by NAACYenepoya University have following institutions in Deralakatte. Yenepoya Medical College Yenepoya Dental College & Hospital Yenepoya College of Physiotherapy Yenepoya Nursing CollegeFather Muller Homeopathic medical college and hospitalIt is a unit of Father Muller Charitable Institution. It's been accredited by NAAC with A grade.Kanachuru Medical College and HospitalKanachuru Nursing College,