Karnataka Swimming has come a long way in establishing its supremacy in the country. The credit should go to the forethought of many swimming enthusiasts in the state who could visualize the development of the sport in the 21st Century and created a good strong base for the future generation.

KSA has revised their objectives to evolve major programs in the state.

When the state was under the ruling of erstwhile Maharaja of Mysore, two prominent personalities in Bangalore had thought of a systematic administration to the sport of Swimming which resulted in the formation of the “Mysore Swimmers Association” in the year 1949.

At that time only three Clubs had joined together to form the Association under the leadership of Mr.Shivashankar, the then Principal of Government Law College as President and Sri Bhoopalam Srikantaiah was the Secretary of the Association. The team of office bearers under the guidance of Sri Shivashankar started encouraging children to take up swimming not only to compete but also to save themselves while getting into the water in ponds and lakes.

In the early years, the Science of Swimming was not progressed so much as there was no formal education for coaches to teach proper strokes and techniques. Even though there was no proper infrastructure, it never deterred the spirit Sri A.Jagdeeshwaran, who taught hundreds of children at Chikkere at Malleshwaram and trained them in his own way. Today that Chikkere has been converted into Dobhi Ghat.