About S. Nijalingappa College
K.L.E. Society’s S. Nijalingappa College, established in the year 1963, is one of the premier institutions of K.L.E Society. It made a humble beginning in a rented building Mayo Hall, on Mahatma Gandhi Road, as a Science College. It was shifted to the present premises in 1966. The founder Principal Dr. V. G. Nelivigi laid a firm foundation for the college and was responsible for development of the college, by its inclusion under 2(f) and 12(B) of UGC. The college is permanently affiliated to Bengaluru City University during in 2021-22.
The College has seen phenomenal growth in terms of courses offered, quality enhancement, students staff strength besides development in infrastructure. The College offers higher education to 3000+ students from all sections of the society. We are proud to celebrate Diamond Jubilee in forthcoming year 2024, on the successful completion of 60 years.
Over its glorious service of more than half a century to the community, the college has earned many significant laurels. The crowning ones of these are: it has the rare distinction of having been accredited at ‘A’ level by NAAC in 2004 and re-accredited at ‘A’ Grade by NAAC in 2010 with a CGPA of 3.82 on a 4 point scale, highest in Karnataka; it has received the status of the ‘College with Potential for Excellence’ (CPE Phase-I) in 2010 by UGC; further, the UGC has accorded the status of the ‘College with Potential for Excellence’ (CPE Phase-II) in April 2014 and has granted 1.5 crores, which is a rare feat achieved by only a handful of top-ranking colleges in India. Our Institute is one of the two colleges in Karnataka awarded for College with UGC STRIDE Component-I and received 80 lakhs for Research Capacity Building and Human Resource Development.
College has set a benchmark for academic excellence with highest range of University Ranks for Under-graduate and Post-graduate disciplines. Our regular support to the students for Co and Extra-curricular activities reflects in University Blues and State/ National Levels.
The College offer a range of student-centric courses well-suited to cater to the diverse needs of the present higher-educational scenario at the national as well as global level.
The College also conducts UGC funded Certificate courses under the aegis of career-oriented programs on: Plant Tissue Culture; NGO Management and Development; Networking with Net-sim; Radio Production and Programming (Radio Jockey); Personality Development; German and French; Animation and Visual Effects; Anchoring; Voice Acting; and Personal Financial Management. The College has the credit of having organized UGC STRIDE Sponsored International/ National/ State level Seminars, Conference & Workshops. It also has entered MoU with CLHRD Mangalore, Tally India Pvt. Ltd, IFX Chennai,Kensington College of Business, London, Ehime University Japan, E-Parisaraa, Bangalore and others for teaching as well as research.
Major Achievements of the college
- Permanently affiliation to Bengaluru City University, Bengaluru during academic year 2021-22.
- Sanctioned with UGC STRIDE Component-I grant of Rs.80Lakhs.
- Sanctioned with UGC DAE and KSCST grant of Rs. 1.58 Lakhs.
- Introduced 2 UG Programmes: BBA Aviation & BTTM, and 3 PG Programmes: MSc Organic Chemistry, MSc Computer Science & MA English.
- Completed 3 Major Research Projects funded by UGC.
- Completed 8 Minor Research Projects funded by UGC STRIDE Component-I.
- Completed 15 Minor Research Projects funded by Management under seed money grant.
- More than 50 University ranks and 2 gold medals.
- 975 students placed through college placement cell.
- 4 NCC Cadets participated in Thalasena Camps.
- More than 35 University Blues.
- ISO 9001:1500 Certification for Quality Management Service.
- Adopted Village Ghanakallu of Ramanagara District under Amrut Samudaya Development Scheme of MHRD.