National High School, Basavanagudi

National High School, Basavanagudi

National High School (or NHS) is a government-aided high school in the Basavanagudi section of Bangalore, India.

With grades/classes for 8th, 9th and 10th, NHS caters to academically eligible students regardless of religion or caste.^[1] NHS is run by the National Education Society (NES).

History

In 1917 Dr. Annie Besant and several others founded NHS in Bangalore. During its early years, NHS hosting several activists for Indian independence from Great Britain. Mahatma Gandhi visited NHS on several occasions.

Admission

Admission is open to all qualifying studens without regard to religion, caste or creed. NHS requires an overall score of 85%–90% in the seventh standard exam for admission

Panchayat elections

There are five sections for each grade/class, A to E. For each section there are five leaders elected, normally three boys and two girls. Among all the 25 leaders, There will be another round of election for the selection of school Union Leader and two other Members of Union Cabinet who represent the school. This election process is annually conducted in the month of July.

Facilities

Faculty

• Dr. Venkatarama Bhattar – Sanskrit (Pratibha Bhushana awardee)(Head Master)
• V.R. and K.G.R – Kannada famous professor

Alumni

Notable alumni

• H.D. Kumaraswamy – Chief Minister of Karnataka.
• Anil Kumble - Cricketer
• Ramesh Aravind - Film actor
• Chandrashekar - Cricketer
• Chandrashekar - Film Actor
• Dr Vishnuvardhan - Film Actor
• K B Akhilesh - Professor, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science
• Prabhakara – IAS (Retd) - Chief Secretary of the government of Karnataka.
• Raghunath. N – Deputy Manager, Bharat Electronics Limited, Ministry of Defence, Government of India
• Ashok Bhardwaj-Film Producer, K B Productions
• Karthik, Y M – Assistant Professor – electronics and communication.
• Arjun, K R – Assistant Professor – electronics and communication.
• Vinayak Joshi - Film Actor
• Arjun Sarja - Famous Movie Actor
• Sunil Rao - Film Actor
• Srujan Lokesh - Stand up Comedian
• EAS Prasanna - Cricketer
• Prakash Podukone - Ex Badmintion Player
• Dr. Muralidhara Thimmaiah - Associate Teaching Professor at University of Washington, USA
• Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar - Justice of the Supreme Court of India
• Dr. G. Guruswamy Principal Scientist, NASA
• B.V.Vittal, Dy. Resident Commissioner, Karnataka Bhawan, New Delhi

See also

• National College, Bangalore

References

"ಚಳವಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ನ್ಯಾಷನಲ್ ಕಾಲೇಜ್‌ಗೂ ಪಾಲು". m.prajavani.net. 8 August 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2017.

External links

• udyam.org