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S. Nijalingappa established in 1963 is one of the premier institutions of the K.L.E Society. It made a humble beginning in a rented building on Mahatma Gandhi Road, near Mayo Hall, as a Science College. It was shifted to the present premises in 1966. The founder Principal Dr.V.G. Nelivigi laid a firm foundation for the college and was responsible for the growth of the college, by its inclusion under 2(f) and 12(B) of UGC, by introducing Commerce and Arts faculties in 1970s and need based Science subjects like Electronics, Computer Science in 1980s and was also responsible for getting financial assistance from UGC under the College Science improvement Program (COSIP) in 1973. Industry oriented and need based courses like Hotel Management, Business Management, Bio- Technology were started in1990s and in the new millennium, courses like Computer Application, Tourism Administration,  Fashion Apparel Design, Journalism and PG Programs in Commerce, Computer Application and  Tourism Administration were introduced.

Ours is the only college amongst the affiliated college of the Bangalore University to get selected to run five year integrated course in Tourism Administration in 2007 by the Department of Tourism Govt. of Karnataka with a financial assistance of ` 80 lakhs per annum for five years. We are one among the eight colleges selected by Bangalore University to introduce innovative course in Science – four year BS course from 2010-11.

The College has the rare distinction of having been accredited at ‘A’ level by NAAC in 2004 and reaccredited at ‘A’ level by NAAC in 2010 with a CGPA of 3.82 the highest ever in state of Karnataka and also received the status of the ‘College with Potential for Excellence (CPE)’ in 2010 by UGC