Government Arts College and R.C. College declared as constituent colleges of Bengaluru City University

The university will be able to utilise the services of 80 permanent faculty working in these two colleges. According to university officials, apart from this, students of both colleges can advance academically by using the opportunities for research and academic collaboration, well-equipped library, playground, laboratory and other facilities in the university.

For administrative purposes, the government of Karnataka has declared the Government Arts College and Government Ramnarayan Chellaram College of Commerce and Management (R.C. College), which are located in the heart of the city, as constituent colleges of Bengaluru City University.

The State Government took this decision on the request of Bengaluru City University. Earlier, these colleges came under the administration of the Collegiate Education Department.

The Bengaluru City University has been functioning as an independent university since 2017 after being trifurcated from Bangalore University. But, the university has a single constituent college — Multidisciplinary Constituent College for Women — at Malleswaram.

About 4,000 students are enrolled in the university, including at the Jnanajyothi campus. However, the university has merely 12 permanent teaching faculty to teach such a large number of students. The bulk of the work is handled by more than 100 guest lecturers.

Citing the interest of students, the university had requested the government multiple times to fill up vacant posts of teaching faculty.

As of now, about 2,000 students are enrolled in Government Arts College and Government Ramnarayan Chellaram College of Commerce and Management in under-graduate and post-graduate courses. They will become part of the university.

In addition, the university will be able to utilise the services of 80 permanent faculty working in these two colleges. According to university officials, apart from this, students of both colleges can advance academically by using the opportunities for research and academic collaboration, well-equipped library, playground, laboratory and other facilities in the university.