was founded in 1868 by B.L Rice CIE, Director of Public Instruction, Mysore
and author of the Mysore Gazette and other works on Mysore State and not L B Bowring
after whom it was named. Rice was the founder president, who with a group of philanthropists
like P N Krishnamurthi esq, B L Jagirdar of Yelandur and Rao Bahadur A Narainswamy
Mudaliar started the Bangalore Literary and Scientific Institute.
Bowring Institute
has the first ISO 9001-2000 recognition and boasts of a membership nearing
5000, which comprises of Honorary Life, Life & Permanent members in addition
to Corporate, Life Associate, Associate, Long Term Temporary, Short Term Temporary
and Non Resident Members.
Bowring Institute
is affiliated to around 82 clubs across the country and abroad. What
began as a modest spattering of guest rooms was soon envisaged as a potential asset
and the management embarked upto a visionary expansion program where the institute
would play host to many of the member's guests visiting the city. Today the institute
has a total of 60 guest rooms, catering to various categories and class. The luxurious
Presidential Suites are 6 in number followed by twelve cottages for families. There
are 34 air-conditioned rooms and 8 non-air-conditioned rooms with reasonably priced
tariff. The guest rooms are the biggest attraction and the average occupancy rate
stands at 98% almost throughout the year.
The Club continues to grow and the plans for the new ventures and developments are
on ongoing process as the ISO encourages it to look ahead and ensure that the graph
towards progress is steadily rising.
