The Mysore Bank Employees Education Society ®
Rani Sarala Devi Educational Institutions
Rani Sarala Devi Educational Institutions
Way back in late 1940’s and early 1950’s, the Jayanagar housing layout was formed behind the iconic Lalbagh garden, Bangalore. The area was surrounded by several fruit orchards & villages like Siddapur, Kanakanapalya, Byrasandra, etc.,
At the instance of Late Sri B.V.Narayana Reddy, General Manager of the then The Bank of Mysore Ltd.,the employees of the Bank formed a housing society and with the Banks’ finance a residential colony near the Ashoka Pillar came up in what is now known as 1st Block, Jayanagar.
As there were no schools in the neighbourhood, the employees started a primary school and later a middle school with co-education in the year 1952 in a rented building.
Eventually as popularity of the school grew, the school was upgraded by opening a High School to meet the educational needs of the growing population. In order to run the school in a systematic manner, a Society named as ” The Bank of Mysore Employees Education Society ” was formed with Sri B.V. Narayana Reddy and other Senior Officers along with the Bank Employee who were residents of the colony. The Society was registered on 21st May 1956.
Thanks to Sri B.V. Narayana Reddy, (he was earlier a respected civil servant of The then Government of Mysore), who used his good offices with City Improvement Trust Board (CITB) and got about 3 acres of land allotted to the Society in the present 1st Block Jayanagar near Madhavan park circle of Bangalore.
Rani Sarala Devi, a member of the then Royal family of Wanaparthi State (now in Mehaboobnagar District of Telangana) known to Sri. B.V. Narayana Reddy was generous enough to donate a princely sum of Rs. 30,000/= with which the ground floor portion of the existing sprawling building came up in the year 1956. As she was a well wisher and a sincere social worker, she was made as the First President of The Mysore Bank Employees Education Society.
The Society also unanimously decided to name the Institute as Rani Sarala Devi Educational Institutions.
Imparting quality education to the needy / Economically under Privileged students and making them to be competitive in the rapidly changing global scenario.