The Srinivas Institute of Dental Sciences and Research Centre is situated on the NH 66 at Mukka in a sprawling campus and is a constituent unit of A. Shama Rao Foundation Mangalore. The A. Shama Rao Foundation is a charitable trust established by Shri. A. Raghavendra Rao a leading Chartered Accountant and Hotelier. The foundation established in 1988 has been running graduate and post graduate programmes in Medical, Dental, Engineering, Nursing, Hotel Management, Management, Physiotherapy, Computer Application and Education. In 2013 the foundation promoted Srinivas University a Karnataka state Private University.
The Srinivas Institute of Dental Sciences has a focus on quality dental care and education. It strives to impart quality education and skill sets to the students.