JSS Banashankari Arts, Commerce SKGubbi Science College, Dharwad

About JSS Banashankari Arts, Commerce SKGubbi Science College, Dharwad

The J.S.S.Banashankari Arts, Commerce and Shantikumar Gubbi Science College, was originally started in 1944 by the Karnataka education Board with a mere strength of forty students. It was taken over by the Late Shri R.S.Hukkerikar the veteran freedom fighter, constructive worker and educationist in 1952. The college was originally started as an intermediate college but Science wing was added in the year 1949.

With the increasing student strength, the College was bifurcated into two separate colleges, the Banashankari Arts college and S.K.Gubbi Science College in 1966. However the two Colleges were once again amalgamated in June, 1975.

After taking over the management of Janata Shikshana Samiti on 18 October, 1973 by Pujya Shri Vishweshateertha Sripadangalavaru of Pejavarmath and Pujya Dr. D.Veerendra Heggade, dharmadhikari of Sri Kshetra Dharmasthala, the new Management added two years P.U.Job Oriented diploma course and Commerce section to the college in 1975 and 1977 respectively.

The College is permanently affiliated to Karnataka University and teaches courses leading to B.A. degree with Kannada, Sanskrit, Marathi English, Economics, Sociology, Political Science, History, Geography, Hindi, and Education as optional subjects. It has a commerce wing and at the science side the college provides B.Sc. degree Course with Chemistry, Physics, Botany, Zoology, Statistics, Electronics, Mathematics as optional subjects.