National High School, Basavanagudi

National High School (or NHS) is a government-aided high school in the Basavanagudi section of Bangalore, India.

With grades/classes for 8th, 9th and 10th, NHS caters to academically eligible students regardless of religion or caste.^[1] NHS is run by the National Education Society (NES).

History[edit | edit source]

In 1917 Dr. Annie Besant and several others founded NHS in Bangalore. During its early years, NHS hosting several activists for Indian independence from Great Britain. Mahatma Gandhi visited NHS on several occasions.

Admission[edit | edit source]

Admission is open to all qualifying students without regard to religion, caste or creed. NHS requires an overall score of 85%–90% in the seventh standard exam for admission

Panchayat elections[edit | edit source]

There are five sections for each grade/class, A to E. For each section there are five leaders elected, normally three boys and two girls. Among all the 25 leaders, There will be another round of election for the selection of school Union Leader and two other Members of Union Cabinet who represent the school. This election process is annually conducted in the month of July.

Facilities[edit | edit source]

Labs

Physics Lab
Biology Lab
Chemistry Lab
Science Centre
Computer Lab

Sport

Cricket
Handball
Hockey
Football
Badminton
Swimming
Athletics
Table tennis
Tennis
Carrom
Chess
Basketball

Other Facilities

Smart Boards
Library
NCC
Seva Dala
Afternoon Meals ( ಬಿಸಿ ಊಟ )

"Clubs"

Science club
Eco club
Consumer club
Rotary interaction club
Surakshana samiti

Faculty[edit | edit source]

Dr. Venkatarama Bhattar – Sanskrit (Pratibha Bhushana awardee)(Head Master)
V.R. and K.G.R – Kannada famous professor

Alumni[edit | edit source]

Notable alumni[edit | edit source]

H.D. Kumaraswamy – Chief Minister of Karnataka.
Anil Kumble - Cricketer
Ramesh Aravind - Film actor
Chandrashekar - Cricketer
Chandrashekar - Film Actor
Dr Vishnuvardhan - Film Actor
K B Akhilesh - Professor, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science
Prabhakara – IAS (Retd) - Chief Secretary of the government of Karnataka.
Raghunath. N – Deputy Manager, Bharat Electronics Limited, Ministry of Defence, Government of India
Ashok Bhardwaj-Film Producer, K B Productions
Karthik, Y M – Assistant Professor – electronics and communication.
Arjun, K R – Assistant Professor – electronics and communication.
Vinayak Joshi - Film Actor
Arjun Sarja - Famous Movie Actor
Sunil Rao - Film Actor
Srujan Lokesh - Stand up Comedian
EAS Prasanna - Cricketer
Prakash Podukone - Ex Badmintion Player
Dr. Muralidhara Thimmaiah - Associate Teaching Professor at University of Washington, USA
Manharlal Pranlal Thakkar - Justice of the Supreme Court of India
Dr. G. Guruswamy Principal Scientist, NASA
B.V.Vittal, Dy. Resident Commissioner, Govt. of Karnataka, New Delhi