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The present study investigates the effect of leadership behaviour of B.Ed. college principals on the organizational climate of B.Ed. colleges. The study considers Leadership Behaviour as the independent variable and Organizational Climate as the dependent variable, with Gender, Type of Management and Locality as background variables. A sample of 130 B.Ed. teacher educators from colleges affiliated with Bangalore Collegiate Education across Bangalore Urban and Rural Districts was selected. The data were collected using self-developed standardized tools-the Leadership Behaviour Scale and the Organizational Climate Scale for B.Ed. Colleges. The data were analyzed using independent 't' test and correlation techniques with the help of SPSS and MS Excel. The level of significance was set at 0.05 and 0.01. The results revealed a significant positive relationship between leadership behaviour and organizational climate. With respect to background variables, no significant difference was found based on gender. However, private aided colleges exhibited a more favorable organizational climate compared to private unaided colleges. Similarly, urban colleges were found to have a better organizational climate than their rural counterparts.