News HKE Vol 1, Issue 2 | Page 5

V. G. Women's Degree College A brief about the college Smt. Veeramma Gangasiri Degree College for Women is a premier college and the very first women's college to be started in the entire region of Hyderabad Karnataka. The college was established as early as in the year 1965 with liberal donation from Sri. Basawanappa Gangasiri and was named after the donor's mother Smt. Veeramma Gangasiri. The V.G.Women's college is the very first college in the HKE Society to be accredited by NAAC in the year 2003. The Accreditation continued into the years 2011 and 2016 VG Women's College, provides for education in Arts, Science, Commerce and Management for UG and Post-Graduation in PHYSICS. The college emphasizes the need for NCC, NSS, Sports and Games, Extension Activities, Co-curricular Activities etc. The college is proud to have University Ranks and University Blues in the field of academics and sports from its affiliated University since its inception. The alumni of the college are the luminaries of the society rendering their services as Administrative Officers, Advocates, Tahasildars, Teachers, Distinguished Scholars, Artists in AIR and TV News Readers, anchors, Corporate Managers and Entrepreneurs. The college has Research Centre recognized by the affiliating university – Akkamahadevi Women's University, Vijayapura for four of its D e p a r t m e n t s n a m e l y C h e m i s t r y, Mathematics, Microbiology, Kannada. T h e c o l l e g e h a s c o m m i t t e d s t a f f, distinguished principals (in the past and in the present), highly developed infrastructure, a well-established educational system and a great discipline. With these firm foundations, the college is going to grow unstoppably and leave behind all other colleges in this region.