Central College, Bangalore
Central College Bengaluru (1858) is one of the oldest colleges in India. This college was originally affiliated to
University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering
(UVCE) formed the nucleus of Bangalore University.
History
The Central College, Bengaluru was first started as Central High School by Rev. John Garrett in 1958.
In 1886, the British government converted it to a college to award University Degrees. It was renamed as the Bangalore University from Central College, Bangalore by the
Sir C. V. Raman, Nobel Laureate Physicist, was associated with the University while working at the Indian Institute of Science. He had announced his Nobel winning work at the University premises based in Central College, Bengaluru in 1927. He was awarded the Nobel prize in 1930. The Central College Campus retained as the City Campus of Bangalore University
houses the City offices of the Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Registrar (Evaluation), Finance (Examination part), UGC Academic Staff College, Directorate of Correspondence Courses and Distance Education Centre, Directorate of College Development Council, Directorate of Physical Education and a few post graduate departments and support services, with a state of the art Jnana Jyothi Auditorium. Besides, the Central College also has the Central College Cricket Pavilion where the Karnataka State Cricket Association was first established and trained several cricketers of International repute.
Notable Teachers
- B. S. Madhava Rao, Principal (1952–55) of Central College and Professor of Mathematics
- E. P. Metcalfe, Principal of Central College
- P. C. Mahalanobis
- Karnataka University Dharwad
- John Guthrie Tait, Teacher of famous men including C. Rajagopalachari & Navaratna Rama Rao
- Shanti Swarup Bhatnagarlaureate
- T. S. Venkannayya
- A. R. Krishnashastry
Notable students
- Sir M. Visvesvaraya
- Harshavardhan Mudaliar, Prof In English
- Bharat Ratna C. Rajagopalachari
- Bharat Ratna C. N. R. Rao, Indian chemist
- Shivakumara Swami
- Pusapati Vijayarama Gajapati Raju, Maharaja of Vizianagaram
- H. Narasimhaiah
- Guruswami Mudaliar
- Hospet Sumitra
- N. Santosh Hegde, Justice[1]
- Navaratna Rama Rao, leading administrator, author and founder of the Sericulture Department
- N. S. Subba Rao
- Maya Rao (1928-2014), Kathak guru [2]
- K. M. Koushik, politician
- Rajeshwari Chatterjee, pioneer in Indian microwave engineering
- Rahul Dravid, former India and Karnataka cricket player and captain
- B. G. L. Swamy, Indian botanist and Kannada writer.
- T. Madiah Gowda,[3] Politician
References
- ^ "Biodata of Justice Nitte Santosh Hegde" (PDF). www.kar.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
- ^ GS Kumar (25 August 2014). "Maya Rao took forbidden dance to a new level". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
- ^ T. Madiah Gowda
External links
- Bangalore University Website Archived 25 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine
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