Students' Information & Guidance Bureau or SIGB was founded by Vasudev V Shenoy in the year 1968.
He was approx 28 years old when he started the institution.
Located at Shanivar Khoot, Kakatives in Belgaum City, this Institution provides guidance, detailed information of various courses available at various universities, apprenticeship available at private industrial sectors, scholarships provided by various institutions, government job opportunities, detailed information of banking, LIC and other such examinations, competitive exams, engineering and medical education facilities, job opportunities available for the youth and many other such information in and around Belgaum city and North Karnataka.
The institution also had a branch office at Tilakwadi, Belgaum for over 30 years which was later closed in 2006 as he preferred concentrating and personally attending to and devoting his time at one place at the head office.
This Institution is not a Government run office, Employment Exchange, University Branch office/Agency or any other Institute but a private run Institution for the well-being of the students.

SIGB has further sub sections of functioning i.e. STUDENTS’ HELPLINE through which candidates pursue their U.G and P.G correspondence courses for a couple of Universities in Karnataka and STUDENTS’ BOOK BUREAU where the latest and current Job Opportunities in various sectors are managed for the candidates.

A separate division was started for providing special guidance to the youth and the underprivileged in 1981.

The then Education Minister G.B.Shankar Rao inaugurated this division and officially became the first member on that day.

V.V. Shenoy personally attended to and guided most of the students to attain information and achieve education in their particular preferred field of interest.
A lot of poor or underprivileged students seeking help guidance or information, have gained much so that they could complete their education.
 He had a wide range of sources from where he collected all the knowledge and information which he imparted onto the candidates.
Important information/ news / ads reported in the various newspapers in various languages are compiled and made available on the notice board for the candidates’ perusal on a daily basis.
Job opportunities list is made available to all the candidates on the notice board.

Guides, Books, Old/model question papers thousands of reference books and important education, commerce, science, current affairs etc.
related documents, collected from over the last 30 years are made available for the candidates’ reference.
This institution has helped and has had above 60 lakh members over the time.

Several personalities and notable persons have visited over the time and commended Shenoy’s unique venture and his desire to work for the society and students in particular.
Few of them namely G.B. Shankar Rao, S. R. Nayak, Chairman of Law Commission of Karnataka, OmPrakash, D.G. & I.G.P, Karnataka State, P J Nayak, Deputy Commissioner, PS Ramanujan, S. V. JaishilRao, H. M. Nagaraja Rao, G. V.  Naik, Collector  Customs Central Excise, H. M. Nayak, R. Shankarappa, Divisional Commissioner, I. M. Vithalmurthy, Charuhasan, Advocate and Film artist etc.
Also eminent Kannada writers like Krishnamoorthy Puranik, K. Shivaram Karanth, U. R. Ananthamurthy, Santosh Kumar Gulwadi, Vyasrai Ballal and many more have visited SIGB.

SIGB currently functions and looked after by Mrs. Aruna Vasudev Shenoy.
Students' Information & Guidance Bureau or SIGB was founded by Vasudev V Shenoy in the year 1968. He was approx 28 years old when he started the institution. Located at Shanivar Khoot, Kakatives in Belgaum City, this Institution provides guidance, detailed information of various courses available at various universities, apprenticeship available at private industrial sectors, scholarships provided by various institutions, government job opportunities, detailed information of banking, LIC and other such examinations, competitive exams, engineering and medical education facilities, job opportunities available for the youth and many other such information in and around Belgaum city and North Karnataka. The institution also had a branch office at Tilakwadi, Belgaum for over 30 years which was later closed in 2006 as he preferred concentrating and personally attending to and devoting his time at one place at the head office. This Institution is not a Government run office, Employment Exchange, University Branch office/Agency or any other Institute but a private run Institution for the well-being of the students.
SIGB has further sub sections of functioning i.e. STUDENTS’ HELPLINE through which candidates pursue their U.G and P.G correspondence courses for a couple of Universities in Karnataka and STUDENTS’ BOOK BUREAU where the latest and current Job Opportunities in various sectors are managed for the candidates.
A separate division was started for providing special guidance to the youth and the underprivileged in 1981.
The then Education Minister G.B.Shankar Rao inaugurated this division and officially became the first member on that day.
V.V. Shenoy personally attended to and guided most of the students to attain information and achieve education in their particular preferred field of interest. A lot of poor or underprivileged students seeking help guidance or information, have gained much so that they could complete their education.  He had a wide range of sources from where he collected all the knowledge and information which he imparted onto the candidates. Important information/ news / ads reported in the various newspapers in various languages are compiled and made available on the notice board for the candidates’ perusal on a daily basis. Job opportunities list is made available to all the candidates on the notice board.
Guides, Books, Old/model question papers thousands of reference books and important education, commerce, science, current affairs etc. related documents, collected from over the last 30 years are made available for the candidates’ reference. This institution has helped and has had above 60 lakh members over the time.
Several personalities and notable persons have visited over the time and commended Shenoy’s unique venture and his desire to work for the society and students in particular. Few of them namely G.B. Shankar Rao, S. R. Nayak, Chairman of Law Commission of Karnataka, OmPrakash, D.G. & I.G.P, Karnataka State, P J Nayak, Deputy Commissioner, PS Ramanujan, S. V. JaishilRao, H. M. Nagaraja Rao, G. V.  Naik, Collector  Customs Central Excise, H. M. Nayak, R. Shankarappa, Divisional Commissioner, I. M. Vithalmurthy, Charuhasan, Advocate and Film artist etc. Also eminent Kannada writers like Krishnamoorthy Puranik, K. Shivaram Karanth, U. R. Ananthamurthy, Santosh Kumar Gulwadi, Vyasrai Ballal and many more have visited SIGB.
SIGB currently functions and looked after by Mrs. Aruna Vasudev Shenoy.
Vasudev V. Shenoy