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. Prof. M. Venkateshappa is the Principal of Vivekananda Degree College.
VISION: “Education for All”
MISSION: “Quality Education at Affordable Cost”
Objectives:
To provide educational facilities to students belonging to under privileged sections of the society particularly to those students who are deterred to pursue higher education for the want of funds.
To enable the students of economically weaker sections of the society to be exposed to quality/higher education.
To equip the students to face the challenges of modern society, from professional, cultural and moral perspectives.
To create a conducive environment to students to achieve academic excellence to face the global challenges.
To provide value based education.
To inculcate discipline, punctuality and regularity.
To motivate the students to achieve academic excellence.
To encourage girl students to pursue higher education by maintaining reservation of seats in the admission process.
To lay thrust on social justice and patriotism.