In 1943, Women’s National Education Society (WNES) took over the management from the theosophical Society, and the school entered a new era of rapid progress, bringing into its ambit, a higher secondary school, a pre university college and a co- education evening degree college. Founded by the great philanthropist and visionary, the Late Manel Srinivas Nayak, the then president of WNES. While his
foresight and initiative played a pivotal role in the establishment of the college , the active leadership provided by his successors, the late B. Damodar Prabhu and the late Manel Krishna Nayak has enabled our institutions to register unprecedented growth. Since its inception , the Institutions have been striving hard to bring primary and higher education within the reach of all girls and boys who seek it .especially those who are economically and socially backward, so that the noble ideals of Dr.Annie Besant are kept alive in the hearts and minds of the women of this district. The Management makes every effort to mould and strengthen the character of the Institutions' students through education , which is liberal enough to absorb new trends and ideas but is rooted in the time honored traditional and cultural values can make them competent to face the challenges of the present day world. Over the years, Besant Women's College has attained the distinction of having produced students of higher academic proficiency and excellent all round performance, most notably in athletics, where our students have recorded meritorious performance both at the national and international level. The College which has completed thirty Eight years is still young and energetic- young enough to dream and plan for a better future and energetic enough to translate the dream to reality. In a country still plagued by illiteracy and atrocities against women, the college is fully geared up to ensure their options in life, through the most effective means – a balanced choice of subjects, ranging from the traditional to the modern , from the conservative to the progressive , to the diverse needs, aptitudes, talents and interest. The present management is committed to preserving the priceless legacy of the Besant Institutions, and is constantly enlarging its reach to touch society in new ways. A recent addition to the WNES fold is the Besant Vidya Kendra, a co-educational management school affiliated to Mangalore University , which offers a two year MBA course. The Besant Institutions are bound to scale new heights of achievements in the years to come, for they cherish the noble ideal that students should be helped to develop a liberal and progressive outlook, adding a new dimension to their natural, national heritage of cultural and moral values.
