N.S.S. College, Pandalam is established by the Nair Service Society, the leading educational agency and social organization. The founder, the Late Padmabhooshan Mannathu Padmanabhan was a great visionary and social reformer who believed that education is the most effective means of social reforms. The college keeps its tradition and identity in the higher education scenario through its vision "Sreyohi Jnanam Abhyasath". The college was established in the month of February 1949 and started functioning as a second grade college in the year 1950 offering intermediate courses of the University of Travancore. At present, the college offers sixteen UG Courses and seven Post Graduate Programmes and the research programme in Zoology, Botany and Physics.