Govt. Sanskrit College was founded by His Highness Sri. Sri Rama Varma Maharaja of Kochi, who was a profound scholar of Sankrit. The vision of the institution is expressed as “Nectar is attained through knowledge”.
Govt. Sanskrit College, Thiruvananthapuram is a government college. The Maharaja Sri Mulam Tirunal of the Travancore, on the model of the Benares Sanskrit College with title courses in Sanskrit.
University College, Thiruvananthapuram (estd.1866) was built to impart English education to the common folk of the erstwhile Travancore by H.H. Sri Ayilyam Thirunal Rama Varma Maharaja.