Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College

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Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College (MGM College) is an educational institute founded by T.M.A. Pai in 1949. It is located in the town of Udupi, in the state of Karnataka, in India. It is run by Academy of General Education,Manipal. The college is divided into a Pre-university section and a degree college section. MGM College has a library, computer centre, and basketball court.

The college started at a time when there was no avenue available for higher education in Udupi and surrounding areas. There were only two colleges in then South Canara district and both of them were at Mangalore. The college provided a new vista for young people to continue their education. The result is that many of the alumni are in top position today.

The college offers degree programmes in broad faculty of arts, commerce and science.The college also offers some short term diploma courses in German and Computer science. The college has two research centres; one is for Yakshagana and another is Govinda Pai research centre. The Govinda Pai research centre has done Tulu lexicon project and brought Tulu dictionary. There is regional resource centre for folk arts also in college campus.