SNGS COLLEGE

The college imparted training for ‘Vidwan' and ‘Siromani' titles, roughly the equivalent to present graduate diploma. The institute attracted students from far and wide. In due course of time, the Central Sanskrit College became the hub of scholastic debates and is reputed to have spawned as many as thirty-five institutions dedicated to the cause of Sanskrit. Sri Punnasseri Nampi Neelakanta Sarma steered the institution to greater glory as the Principal for twenty-five years, until his senile demise in 1935. After Sri Nampi's death, the college was in a shackles and faced doldrums in the absence of a pioneering and visionary leasdership. After a spell of management by alumni and general public, the college was taken over by the Malabar District Board in 1957 and was passed into the hands of the first Government of Kerala the following year. Once a state-owned college, its history was to change for ever, beyond recognition. From a college with limited aims, ambitions and resources, the..