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

Bengaluru Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States and union territories of India, Indian state of Kar ...

, India: the National College Basavanagudi, founded in 1919, and the National College, Jayanagar, founded in 1965. Other related institutions, also called National College, are located in Bagepalli (Chikkaballapur District) and Gowribidanur. These institutions are managed by the National Education Society of Karnataka (NES).

National College (autonomous) Basavanagudi

National College Basavanagudi is located in

Basavanagudi Basavanagudi is a residential and commercial locality in the Indian city of Bengaluru. Basavanagudi is one of the oldest localities of Bangalore evidenced by the fact that it is home to four inscriptions, three Kannada and one Tamil and also on ...

. It was started in the year 1920. The college was founded by Sampath Giri Rao. Educationalist Dr. H. Narasimhaiah was the chairman of NES until his death. He also started the Bangalore Science Forum (BSF).

National College (autonomous), Jayanagar

The National College in Jayanagar was started in 1965. It offers courses at both pre-university and degree levels in the arts and sciences including English, Kannada, Sanskrit, French, Hindi, physics, computer science, electronics, psychology, mathematics, chemistry, botany, and zoology. The college is known for following

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principles and was founded by educationalist H. Narasimhiah, a Gandhian himself and

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recipient. The college has Dr. H.N. Kalakshetra on its premises who is linked with Bangalore Lalitha Kala Parishat. The college features the B.V. Jagadeesh Science Centre, a public institution open to anyone interested in science education, established with the hope that the younger generation will make the best use of it.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of either of the two colleges include: * C. N. R. Rao * Kalya Jagannath Rao * Srikanth Sastry *

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* Vishnuvardhan *

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* Srinath *

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* Pavan Kumar * A.S Kiran Kumar *

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External links

Official website
of the National College, Basavanagudi
Report on National College, Basavangudi
by

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accredited "B+"

Report on National College, Jayanagar
by

accredited "B"
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National College (autonomous) Basavanagudi

National College (autonomous), Jayanagar

Notable alumni

See also

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