National College, Bengaluru is the name given to two sister institutions in Bengaluru, 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).
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National College (autonomous) Basavanagudi
National College Basavanagudi is located in Basavanagudi. 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 (autonomou), 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 Gandhian principles and was founded by educationalist H. Narasimhiah, a Gandhian himself and Padma Bhushan 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
Anil Kumble
Vishnuvardhan
Ramesh Aravind
Srinath
Vinayak Joshi
Nicole Rodrigues-Larsen
EAS Prasanna
Pavan Kumar
A.S Kiran Kumar
Srinivas BV
BN Narayana – Makeup Nani, husband of Bhargavi Narayan
Divya Gokulnath – Entrepreneur and Co-Founder, Byjus
N.S. Srinivasa Murthy, Honorary Consul for The Socialist Republic Vietnam for Bengaluru (Karnataka).