Anandashram High School, Bankikodla

Anandashram High School
A. H. School building.
Location
Bankikodla-Hanehalli Karnataka, INDIA
Information
Type	Private/public
Established	Established 1884 Anandasharm High School, Bankikodla
President	Gopalkrishn Nadkarni (1947-48 batch student)
Head of school	Mrs. Bomma V. Nayak
Affiliation	Karnataka State Education Board

Ananadasharm High School (established 1884),^[1] one of the oldest high schools in Uttar Kannada, was a private school located in Bankikodla-Hanehalli. The school was founded by M.N.Kulakrni and Datta master (Nadkarni) Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins from Bankikodla-Hanehalli. Kulkarni was a press owner in Mumbai and Datta master was the Headmaster of the English middle school (established 1884) then in Bankikodla. Later the school was converted to a high school. The school is now supported by the Karnataka state government.

It is a secondary education school, providing education from eighth standard through tenth standard (SSLC). The medium of instruction is Kannada.

History

Anandashram High school (the name of the 8th Guru of Chitrapur Saraswats) is the second oldest high school in Uttar Kannada district. The leaders of Chitrapur Saraswat Brahmins during the British rule in India established the Rural Education Society (RES) and took the task of spreading education.

In the early days, classes were held in Bakanatheshwar temple and in the upper part of Dinu Master's house.

Built in 1988 - contributions from the alumni and the RES
Roll of Honour of former students

Headmasters

Datta Master Nadkarni (Doddmane) from Bankikodla, English middle school
R. V. Pandit (1911–99), from Ratnagiri, 1943 - 1965
S. R. Ekkundi (1923–95), from Ranebennur, 1943 - 1977^[2]
N. S. Naik (1927–2008), from Hanehalli, 1948 - 1983

Notable former teachers

N. H. Gouda
Gourish Kaikini
Pandit Ramesh Nadkarni

Notable alumni

Alumni from the English middle school

G. V. Chittal
Y. V. Chittal