About Institute

Vivekananda Degree College was established in 1982 and is affiliated to Bangalore University and NAAC accredited. Vivekananda Degree College was adjudged as ‘the 4th Best College in Bangalore’, by the survey conducted by the National English Weekly ‘India Today’ in 2003. The campus is located in the heart of the city and is about 5 km from Bangalore City Railway Station and Bus Stand. The college is very near to soap factory Metro station. The college runs several degree courses in Electronics, Computer Science, Arts, Science and Commerce. The results in all courses are good.The faculty members are well qualified, experienced and motivated. Eighteen faculty members hold Ph.D. degree and Twelve faculty members hold M.Phil degree and do research for Ph.D. degree. Dr. Vasu is the Principal of Vivekananda Degree College.

The college was started in June 1982 by the Management of Janatha Education Society with B.A., B.Sc., and B.Com, courses with 150 students, 08 teachers and 02 administrative staff. The JES catered the needs of the college by generous contributions made by some of its members. Year by year the college made remarkable progress in all fronts and by the end of 1986-87 the students’ strength increased to 700 with a faculty of 15. The infrastructure facility of the college during that period was not able to meet the requirements, however, the JES took initiative to develop the infrastructure by constructing a new building and equipping the laboratories. After the completion of Five years of non-grant period, college with all the requisites applied to the Government of Karnataka for Grant-in-Aid facility and obtained the same in August 1987. The college also obtained 2(f) status in 1991 and 12 (B) status in 1994 from UGC, which facilitated the college for its all-round development. 

Computer education has gone global. Keeping in view the importance of computer education the management of the college decided to introduce the computer course at the B.Sc. degree level in 1989 itself. The college also introduced BBM and BCA courses during 1993-94 and in 1997-98 respectively. Further the Bangalore University recognized the potentials of our college and permitted the college to commence Post-Graduate courses, therefore, college introduced M.A. (Economics) in 1994-95, MBA in 2000-01 and M.Com, in 2009- 10.  

The success of our college speaks volumes of the motto of the management to impart value based quality education to the needy. This is being earnestly implemented and practiced by all the concerned. Highly qualified and well experienced teachers of our college have always strived hard in maintaining the high standards of education. Presently there are 65 teaching faculty, among these 15 teachers have obtained Ph.D. degree and 11 have completed their M.Phil. Degrees. The results of the college is always more than the average results of the University level with around 90 %. India Today, a popular national level magazine, in its 3rd June 2003 edition rated our college as the “4th Best College in Bangalore City”.  

In view of the above, the institution looks forward to being validated and accredited as well as getting into process of institutional self-development through cycles of re-accreditations. Asserting our firm conviction in the methodology of NAAC assessment we invite the NAAC to help us in our onward journey towards further improvement and sustenance of quality.

• Qualified, motivated & dedicated staff
• Pedagogy
• Regular Classes
• Adequate Infrastructure
• Discipline
• Excellent Results
• Staff Excelled in Specific Areas
• Well connected transport network including Metro Rail
• WIFI enabled campus