Laxmi Venkatesh Desai College, Raichur

Laxmi Venkatesh Desai College, Raichur, started in 1954, is a leading college providing higher education in Karnataka, India. Located at Manik Prabhu Temple Road, this affiliated college occupies a spacious area of 18 acres, having proximity to Gyan Mandir. Combined, LVD College has a total enrolment of 1,480 students, and the faculty of 52 teachers offers 7 programmes in 6 degrees.

It is accredited to the NAAC and has taken all measures to preserve the value of quality education for the students. Ranking scores in particular could not be obtained, but experience and development of the college are speaking for its academic excellence. The college has adequate learning facilities that make the college splendid in the current learning environment.

The most central facility for any academic resource is the library; it is a separate structure to boot. The library houses a fine collection of approximately fifty thousand volumes, besides numbering of publications, periodicals, and journals.

Its mercy is also an internet connection and reprographic facilities in the library and a reading room apart from the library with longer opening hours during examination sessions. Facilities for sports lovers available in LVD College are immense; they include a playground for football, volleyball, hockey, kho-kho, kabaddi, basketball, cricket, etc.

Athletics includes a 400-meter track, while indoor games such as shuttle badminton, table tennis, and chess are all located in the auditorium. The college also provides students with a multi-stage gym where learners can exercise and live healthy lifestyles.

Female students, who are on outstation, can comfortably live within the college hostels, as the college has the capacity of sheltering 60 outstation students comfortably with well-furnished rooms equipped with RO water for drinking and a generator for power supply.

The fact that information on scholarships is not provided does not mean that students cannot seek for more information on the same directly from the college authorities.

Moreover, this institution encourages its learners' all-round development and has an active alumni association, which supports the college’s continued development and helps to organise reunion meetings, so students feel close-knit with one another even after graduation. LVD College provides all types of courses for learners who want to specialise in a certain area of study.

The institution offers 7 courses at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, and all the courses offered are BBA, B. Sc. , BA, M. Sc. Physics , BCA, and M. Sc. Chemistry full-time. The course is available in the arts , science, and commerce streams and assists the learners in achieving their objectives.

Although there is no specific information about the number of total seats for all courses separately, the overall total seat intake capacity of this college is 1480. From this figure, it can be deduced that there exists a massive potential to support the attemptant students in diverse fields.

Like many other institutions, entry into Laxmi Venkatesh Desai College is in accordance with the laid-down standards as per the Gulbarga University as well as the Government of Karnataka. While specific admission dates are not provided, prospective students are advised to keep a close watch on the college website.

Among various tests, the college doesn’t seem to have a preference for certain entrance exams, although there might be an option of selection through the scores in qualifying exams.