The National College, Bangalore is the name given to two sister institutions in Bangalore

Bangalore

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, India

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: the National College Basavanagudi, founded in 1945, and the National College, Jayanagar, founded in 1965. Other related institutions, also called "National College", are located in Bagepalli,(chikkaballapur Dist) and Gowribidanur.

National College(autonomous) Basavanagudi

National College Basavanagudi is located in Basavanagudi and operates under the aegis of The National Education Society of Karnataka (NES). It was started in the year 1945. The founder of this College is Late Sampath Giri Rao.

Padmabhushan Dr. H. Narasimhaiah

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 was the chairman of NES until his death. The college flourished under his able leadership and administration. He also started the Bangalore Science Forum (BSF), the first of its kind in India, where luminaries from various scientific disciplines would lecture everyday for an entire month. BSF holds the record for organizing the highest number of lectures on science in India. BSF has also received a National Award for promoting science. It is also the first institute to establish BANGALORE SOCIAL SCIENCES FORUM for social sciences on the same objectives and parallel with Bangalore Science Forum. It conducts week-long social sciences festival with eminent and luminous persons speaking on the various relevant issues.

National College(autonomous), Jayanagar

The National College in Jayanagar

Jayanagar

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 was started in 1965. It offers courses at both pre-university and degree levels in Arts and Science subjects including English, Kannada, Sanskrit, french, Hindi, Physics, Computer Science, Electronics, Psychology, Mathematics, Chemistry, Botany, and Zoology.

The college is known for following Gandhian principles and was built by educationalist Padmabhushan Dr. H. Narasimhiah, a Gandhian himself.

Alumni

Prestigious alumni of either of the two colleges include C.N.R. Rao, Dr.P.Sadananda Maiya, Founder, MTR Foods & Maiya's, B V Jagadeesh

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, Anil Kumble

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, actor Vishnuvardhan, Feroz Ashraf V.P. SNC-Lavalin

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, Ramesh Aravind

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,Sunil rao, Pranayaraja Srinath, Vinayak joshi

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, former Karnataka CM H. D. Kumaraswamy

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, and bowlers EAS Prasanna and B. S. Chandrasekhar.

External links

• Official website of the National College, Basavanagudi
• Official website of the National College, Jayanagar
• Report on National College, Basavangudi by NAAC
  National Assessment and Accreditation Council
  The National Assessment and Accreditation Council is an organization that assesses and accredits institutions of higher education in India. It is an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government of India headquartered in Bangalore.-History:NAAC was established in 1994 in...
  
  : accredited "B+"
• Report on National College, Jayanagar by NAAC
  National Assessment and Accreditation Council
  The National Assessment and Accreditation Council is an organization that assesses and accredits institutions of higher education in India. It is an autonomous body funded by University Grants Commission of Government of India headquartered in Bangalore.-History:NAAC was established in 1994 in...
  
  : accredited "B"

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