B.R.TAMBAKAD ARTS,COMMERCE AND SCIENCE FIRST GRADE COLLEGE HIREKERUR, was formerly known as B.R.TAMBAKAD FIRST GRADE COLLEGE HIREKERUR is the mother of all constituent schools and colleges of Bapuji Educational Association. Previously it was a Government intermediate college started in 1947 and was run by the Government of Mysore. The Bapuji Educational Association took over this college in 1958. (Perhaps first of its kind) and converted in to A First Grade Arts, Commerce and Science college. Being the only college in and around HIREKERUR. It catered to the educational needs of people both rural and urban. It is named after the donor Sri Dharma Rathnakara Rajanahalli Maddurayappa, (M M ARTS AND SCIENCE) HIREKERUR.

The college, owing to its increasing strength, was bifurcated into M M ARTS AND SCIENCE Science College and ARG college of Arts and Commerce in 1973. The college which was formerly affiliated to Mysore University and then Kuvempu University now has the permanent affiliation to HIREKERUR University, HIREKERUR. This is an aided college, and recognized by the UGC under 2(f), 12(b) and is getting UGC grants.

The Government of Karnataka took a decision to separate P.U. classes from Composite Degree College. Accordingly the college was further bifurcated into M M ARTS AND SCIENCE PU Science College and M M ARTS AND SCIENCE Science College in 2001.

The other details regarding admissions, programmes offered and fee structure etc., are given in the College Prospectus.