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 ABOUT BALDWIN METHODIST COLLEGE , 14 , Hosur Road , Richmond town, '' Bangalore - 560025 , Karnataka, India. ''

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->Baldwin Methodist College was established in the year 1988. The college is governed by the Methodist Church in India under the chairmanship of the bishop of south India Regional Conference. The college is playing a leading role in the enhancement of the total personality among college students by encouraging holistic development.

It aims to be an institution par excellence with an embodiment of virtues, endeavoring to groom citizens. The mission of the institution is to become the laboratory for learning and teaching the skill of leadership and excellence. The college has resourceful, well informed and dedicated faculty.

The college is housed in an impressive building with adequate infrastructure for library and laboratories. The college offers a wide range of extra curricular activities from traditional to the contemporary to enable the students achieve their full potential by organizing cultural events, sports and religious programs. The student body comprises of students of diverse cultural, linguistic and ethnic backgrounds.

 HISTORY OF BALDWIN 

Baldwin Institutions are named after their benefactor and philanthropist John Baldwin of Berea, Ohia, USA. The name "Baldwin" descends from a royal lineage and is of German extraction, meaning "Bold Winner".

In the annals of the school history, one sees a glorious panorama of personalities,who kept the light a glow and sustained the glimmer down through time and lent yeomen service committed to the cause of the Methodist Mission.

In the year 1880, The Methodist Episcopal School was formally opened in February on land rented along Hosur Road (part of the present Boys School campus).

Rev.Ira A.Richards served as Principal from August 1880-1885.The stark reality of very few students, no salaries for staff and the bank balance showing "Nil" -the school was on the brink of closing down.This did not discourage him,the school quickly grew.The strength of the school was 81 pupils with six teachers in 1881.

In 1882, Mr John Baldwin,83,presented the school with three thousand dollars to acquire land and buildings. The rented property was purchased and renovated as a dormitory for boys for Rs 5,500. It was later that he asked the South India Conference for Rs.6000 to purchase the adjoining building and hire two new teachers.

The school was renamed Baldwin High School in honour of its benefactor, John Baldwin. From this year (1883) onwards the school grew from strength to strength.

Baldwin Co-Education (Extension) High School is the first branch of the family of Baldwin Boy's and Girls' School at Richmond town,Conceptualized and initiated to serve and cater to the educational needs of the children of the surrounding areas of Rajarajeshwarinagar.

Baldwin Methodist College was started in the year 1988.

We believe that noble qualities are the cornerstones of the college.The college motto Reverentia Jehovaeest caput sapientiae taken from book of Psalms from the Holy Testament, 'The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom' sums up the ideals of the college to meet the challenges of the world.

The watch words-Righteousness and Truth are the bed rock of our foundation and continue to inspire the students of Baldwin College.

 About 

At Baldwins we believe that there are no borders, boundaries or barriers in the quest for greater understanding and knowledge. As a matter of fact world is a vast and accessible classroom.

The Baldwin tradition of academic excellence and crosscultural interaction gives you wonderful opportunities to join :

A Society of scholars

A Fraternity of friends

A Confluence of Cultures

In a students population of 1300 over 120 are full time International Students. The staff strength exceeds 40 lecturers,who not only carry out their teaching assignments but enthusiastically involve themselves in other activities that enhance the quality of education by organising seminars and educational visits to corporate enterprises and other places of interest and learning for the students.