Lakshmi Soma Bangera Government First Grade College is established in 2007 by the Government of Karnataka with the noble intention of imparting higher education to the rural youth. Situated in the southernmost part of udupi district, Kota is set in as a typical rural background. Most of the students belong to either poor income group or middle class income group. The lower income along with no educational institution giving higher education has forced the rural young population to stop their dream of getting higher education.

PREFACE OF THE COLLEGE

India, a country of rich culture. A country with wide diversity. Rural areas are one of the distinctive features of our country which needs to be developed. One of the key factors of growth is the development of education. Education is for all. With this intension the initiatives are taken to establish a first grade college in Kota Padukare a village of Udupi District. The rural youth here if they want to study further they need to travel a lot since the institutions offering higher education are not nearby forcing them to travel a long distance. Further getting education in such institutions is also not easy for them This is mainly due to two reasons: they offer education at a fee which they can not afford and lack of travelling facilities. All these have contributed negatively on the continuation of their education. Hence they were forced to discontinue their education. This made the people worried. Therefore certain initiatives were taken to approach the state administration and the result was establishment of Government First Grade College here.

FIND US

The college is suitably located near the beach of Arabian Sea. It is 2 k.m to the left of N.H.66 on the way to Kundapura form the Temple City Udupi. The College is in Kota-Padukare. Kota is the birth Place of Jnana Peeta Awardee Dr. Kota Shivaramam Karanth, The railway station is at Barkuru which is 14 k.m. away form the college. The nearest airport is at Bajpe. The college is on the total land area of 3.48 acres.

THE JOURNEY

College was started in the year 2007. The mission of the government to impart education to the rural population was the guiding inspiration behind it to set up this college. Originally when the college was started the college was named as Government First Grade College. But later in the year 2011 the college was renamed after the name Late Smt. Lakshmi Soma Bangera, the Mother of Dr. G. Shankar. Therefore now the name of our college is Lakshmi Soma Bangera Government First Grade College. The college initially started functioning with the total strength of 70 students. At that time only two courses wre being offered. They were B.A. and B.B.M Later in the very next year itself the B.Com and BSW Degree were also started. Every year there was a remarkable increase in the number of admission. This increase is because of many reasons such as the results, the curriculum design of university, the demand for higher education, the support of government etc. Over the years the result of students in the examination has also improved.

PERFORMANCES TO REMEMBER

• Every year the college is witnessing a good admission and a good result. On an average the college is recording more than 80% result even with the admission of students who have passed in second and pass class and those who have passed their +2 supplementary examinations.
• The college is able to secure better results when the college results are compared with the results of neighboring colleges.
• Two students have represented Mangalore University in National Camps of NSS.
• One student has represented Mangalore University Ball Badminton team in the State Level Badminton Tournament held at TamilNadu.
• The college team has won several awards in the University Level Cultural Competitions.
• The college is organizing Global Skill Training Programme for students to get recruited in MNCs
• Two students have been selected for Infosys in 2011
• As a part of extension fo community service activity the college has organized a National Level NSS Integration Camp for 7 days and 100 students from 5 different states of India have participated.
• The college is providing scholarship assistance to the needy students in collaboration with private organizations, philanthropic organizations et.

MISION

TO SEE THAT THE RURAL YOUTH DEPRIVED OF EDUCATION GETS EDUCATION AND BECOMES A ROLE MODEL IN THE SOCIETY .
Vision
“TO ENABLE ALL STUDENTS TO BECOME GOOD HUMAN BEINGS, PRODUCTIVE AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS BY ACQUIRING THE PRESCRIBED COMPETENCIES AND VALUES SO AS TO ACHIEVE EXCELLENCE”

GOALS

• To provide higher education to poor and needy youth at anaffordablecost
• To ensure that SC/ST/OBC/Minorities and Women get education
• To provide a base to the students to become an innovative leaders
• To make students sensitive to the social needs
• To serve a space for the students to become creative
• To prepare the rural and the economically backward students to face the challenges of the competitive world
• To inculcate research aptitude amongst teachers and students