Sree Narayana College Kannur
Sree Narayana College,
Kannur is one of the biggest institutions of higher education in Kannur
District. The College was founded in the name of His Holiness Sree Narayana
Guru, the greatest saint and social reformer. The founder manager, Late R
Sankar made pioneering efforts to start a
group of institutions named after Sree Narayana Guru.
The College was formally inaugurated on 06-Jul-1960 by the then Chief Minister
of Kerala, Late R Sankar. Form its status as a junior college it has now grown
into a full fledged post graduate college with affiliated research centers in
its post graduated departments of Zoology and Chemistry.
This college, affiliated to Kannur University imparts instruction to nearly
two thousand students in different branches of Arts, Science and Commerce at
the under graduate and post graduate levels.
College is situated on a serene twenty acre campus, 'Govardhan Giri' at
Thottada about 6 Km south of Kannur town. 'Govardhan Giri' was donated for the
purpose by Late Haridas Govardhandas Khimji. The college has a Regional
development council (RDC) headed by the president to look after its immediate
requirements. Successive RDCs have done a great deal of work in the
improvement of various infrastructural facilities of the college. The names of
the some of the prominent RDC members like Late Kayiath Damodaran and Late Dr.
T P Balakrishnan deserve special mention.
