Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli was established by the Government of Maharashtra on May 18, 1972, in order to provide Agricultural Education, Research and Extension in Konkan in the state of Maharashtra. The university is also known as DBSKKV. The university was formerly known as Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth and later on in 2001, on February 12, it was renamed to Dr.
Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth, Dapoli. The university also has research centres and the Regional Fruit Research Station, Vengurle and Regional Agricultural Research are among the main research centres of DBSKKV.
Thane, Palghar, Bandra, Raigad, Karjat, Mumbai, Repoli, Panvel, Shriwardhan are the North Konkan Coastal Zone jurisdictions of DBSKKV, whereas Ratnagiri Wakawali, Zadgaon, Shirgaon, Bhatye, Awashi, Sindhudurg, Phondaghat, Dapoli, Rameshwar, Vengurle, Nileli, and Mulde are the South Konkan Coastal Zone jurisdictions of the university. Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth is located at Dapoli in Maharashtra.
Khed Railway Station is around 30 km away from the university. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport is around 200 km away from DBSKKV. Dapoli ST Depot is the nearest Bus Depot and it is approximately 2 km away from the university and it takes about 6 minutes to reach Dr. Balasaheb Sawant Konkan Krishi Vidyapeeth via car/cab/taxi to reach the university from the bus depot.