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Tunga College |
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Type | Aided |
Established | 1967 |
Principal | Dr B Ganapathi |
Address | Anadagiri, Thirthahalli - 577432, Shimoga., Thirthahalli, Karnataka, India |
Affiliations | Affiliated to Kuvempu University |
Website | http://www.tungacollege.com |
Tunga Mahavidyalaya (Kannada: ತುಂಗಾ ಮಹಾವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ ) is located at the foothills of Anandagiri in Thirthahalli Town. Tunga Mahavidyalaya "is the offspring of" Tunga Vidyavardhaka Sangha" - an association of the philanthropists. Thirthahalli Taluk is the birthplace of great writers, artists, Jurists and political leaders. It has given birth to two Jnanapeetha awardees - Rastrakavi Kuvempu and U. R. Ananthamurthy, besides a host of other eminent writers like H.M. Nayak, Sri. S.V. Parameshwar Bhat, Poornachandra Tejashwi and so on. Former Chief Minister of Karnataka, Sri. Kadidal Manjappa, socialist leader Sri. S. Gopal Gowda, Justice N.D. Venkatesh, Justice Rama Jois, Cine Director Sri. Girish Kasaravalli, artists like, C.S. Krishna Shetty and B.M. Jagadeesh, B.S. Vishwanath of Co-Operative Movement, Kadidal Shamanna of farmer's movement are important personalities of this region.
To make quality higher education accessible and affordable for all in this educationally backward rural region of malnad, to develop higher awareness among the youth and to create opportunities for improvement of the self and the society.
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The institute organizes co-curricular and extra curricular activities.