Pattambi - Sree Neelakanta Govt. Sanskrit College

Sree Neelakanta Govt. Sanskrit College

The history of the college goes back to the last decade of the 19th century, a time of political, social-cultural and educational renaissance throughout the land. Sree Neelakanta Sharma contributed to the reform in Sanskrit education. He started a Sanskrit school called "Sarasvatodyothini" in 1889 at Perumudiyoor, an underdeveloped village near Pattambi. He offered Sanskrit education to disciples drawn from almost all castes and religions.

The University of Madras granted affiliation in 1911, and the humble Sanskrit school became "Central Sanskrit College, Permudiyoor, South Malabar". In 1931 it was also approved as a research center. Kuttikrishna Marar, C. Sankunni Nair, Kallanmarthodi Ravunni Menon, P. Kunniraman Nair, K.S. Ezhuthachan, M.P. Sankunni Nair, and K.P. Narayana Pisharodi were among the students of Punnasseri Kalari. The tradition of molding prominent social-cultural figures still persists in personalities such as Desamangalam Ramakrishnan, D. Vinaya Chandran, Attoor Ravi Varma, M.S. Kumar, Nharalathu Harigovindan and N.M. Unnikrishnan, Murali Mannanur,Dileep Vydhyamadham and Ravi Thekkedath.

The college was renamed "Sree Neelakanta Central Sanskrit College, Pattambi, Perumudiyoor" in July 1943 by the Madras University in memory of its founder. The Malabar District Board took over management in 1957. It was affiliated with Kerala University in 1958 as "Sree Neelakanta Government Sanskrit College, Pattambi". The college is presently affiliated with the Calicut University.

The land the college sits was donated by A.S.K. Rama Iyer, President of College Welfare Committee, E.P. Gopalan, Ex. MLA, M.P. Udaya Varman, K.S. Raman, and P.K.Kumaran Vaidyar. The members of the committee were interested in infrastructural development, as well as introduction of new courses in the college curriculum.

Initially, the new college offered graduate degrees in Sanskrit, Malayalam and economics. The last time a course was added to the curriculum was during the 1999-2000 year when a graduation program in BBA was introduced. The college offers nine degree courses, six post-graduate courses and two doctoral degrees in Sanskrit and Malayalam.

The college is recognized as a Center of Excellence in the field of higher education in the state of Kerala. Recently, the College was awarded with a 5-star accreditation by NAAC. The campus is situated 2 kilometers from Pattambi. The official website of the college is http://sngscollege.info. The site also included an e-journal named vijnanacintamani.

The 100 year celebration of the college was recently conducted and honorable chief minister. Shri. Oomen Chandi inaugurated the celebration that will last for 1 year. As part of the celebration the government has offered two more degree courses from the college, including B.Sc Physics.

The college is well known for the political conditions prevailing over there. Eminent young leader and MLA Shri. Shafi Parambil was the student of Pattambi college, it was here where he understood the political conditions and values and went on to make landmarks as a leader. The college spreads up to 32 acres of land and is very very scenic. The one who has spent his\her college life in this particular college will definitely miss those colorful days. There were some famous gangs who made college more colorfull like ZORROZ, Feelings gang etc.