Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Karad (Formerly known as Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences “Deemed to be University", Karad) was declared as “Deemed To Be University” under section 3 of UGC Act, 1956 by Ministry of Human Resources Development vide Notification No. F.9-15/2001-U.3 dated 24th May 2005, having its registered office at Near Dhebewadi Road, Malkapur 415539, Tal. Karad, Dist. Satara hereinafter referred to as "KVV (DU)". It is now renamed as Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University) vide Notification dated 21st November 2022 by the Ministry of Education, Department of Higher Education, ICR Division, Government of India on the recommendations of UGC.

Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Karad is located in Western Maharashtra, India against the background of mountains and valleys. The green, eco-friendly campus is spread over 57 acres and is well connected by rail, road & air.

Krishna Vishwa Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Karad is accredited by NAAC with A+ grade and is an ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management System) certified University. It is an ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management System) and ISO 50001:2018 (Energy Management System) certified. Its teaching hospital (KH & MRC) is NABH accredited, the laboratories KIMS Diagnostic and Molecular Biology & Genetics are NABL accredited. So also it's Blood Bank accredited by NABH and the Neonatal ICU by National Neonatal Forum of India. The Karad campus has been awarded the IGBC green campus Gold Certification Award.

The constituent faculties of the University include Medical, Dental, Physiotherapy, Nursing, Pharmacy and Science and Technology offering undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the respective faculties. It also runs Ph.D. programs and Post-Doctoral Fellowships in various subjects.

To emerge as a centre of excellence following an interdisciplinary, innovative and quality centric approach that encompasses best evidence based higher education and generates refutative and translational research and offers affordable health care access for the benefit of mankind.

The Vision and Mission document of the University is in consonance with the Vision of Hon'ble Late Shri Jaywantraoji Bhosale, Founder of Krishna Charitable Trust and the first Chancellor of KVV.

He viewed education as the driver of social change and the catalyst for the growth and progress of the region. His education initiative has now resulted in a family of education institutions that include Health Sciences, Engineering, Management, Information Technology, Arts, Science and Commerce. In 1974 he established the Krishna Charitable Trust to provide health care to people leaving in villages. The Krishna Charitable Hospital & Medical Research Centre was commissioned with 200 beds in 1982. In 1984 under the new liberal education policy of the Government of Maharashtra, Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences was established. The institute was conferred with the Deemed University status in 2005. From the year 2005 onwards the University continues to grow and expand its activities with its defined purpose of serving the society and the nation.

The University has taken all the efforts and steps in the direction to make it a Centre of Excellence for health care. Keeping in mind its vision the University has a interdisciplinary innovative and quality centric approach that encompasses best evidence based higher education and generates refutative and translation resource and offers affordable health care access to the benefit of mankind.

This is clearly reflected in the achievements of the University like establishment of a dedicated Directorate of Research, Research Laboratories and Publications in indexed journals. This in turn has resulted in many patents and copyrights being awarded to the University, which in turn has resulted in technology transfer. High quality of research has resulted in developing biomask, UV 360 Sterilizer, injection syringe monitoring unit, motorized trolley etc. All these are aimed at making affordable health care for the benefit of mankind.

KVV shall prepare competent and compassionate professionals with sound knowledge and excellent skill through quality education based on a competency model that inculcates scientific temper, moral and ethical values. This mission has the following objectives.