The Best University of Western Odisha : Sambalpur University

Sambalpur University is located in Burla, district Sambalpur, Odisha. Jyoti Vihar offers undergraduate and graduate education. The Governor of Odisha is the Chancellor. It is 15 kilometres from Sambalpur.

History

The Odisha Legislature passed the Sambalpur University Act on December 10, 1966. It began on January 1, 1967. Prof. Parasuram Mishra was the first VC. The Sambalpur University began in 1967 in a rented private property in Dhanupali, Sambalpur, and afterwards in an Ainthapali government building. The University moved to Burla's Jyoti Vihar campus in 1973.

The University's current campus is in Burla, 2 kilometres from NH 6. This university's campus is near Mahanadi Coal Fields Limited, VSSUT, and Hirakud Dam.

The Sambalpur University is in Burla, Odisha. The university is bordered by a 670 acre reserve forest in Burla. This university is considered a knowledge centre in Odisha.

Seven postgraduate hostels for girls (Narmada Ladies Hostel, Pravavati Devi Ladies Hostel, Silver Jubilee Ladies Hostel, M.C.L Coalfield Ladies Hostel (new), Baitarani Ladies Hostel, Indravati Ladies Hostel, I.I.M-S Ladies Hostel) and eight for boys (Bramhaputra Boys Hostel, Mahanadi Boys Hostel, Bhagirathi Boys Hostel There is a common room with TV, a reading room with newspapers and magazines, a guestroom, first aid, an STD telephone booth and a canteen for the boarders. The university campus has two nationalised banks (State Bank Of India and U.C.O Bank), one post office, one health facility, two auditoriums (Biju Patnaik and I.I.M), one police outpost, one professor residence, and one community centre.

Exams for PG diploma, MA, M. Sc, M. Tech, M.Phil, M.CA, M.B.A, and PhD courses are also held.

Under Graduate Courses

(BBA-LLB) +3 Arts/Science/Commerce A Bachelor of Journalism & Mass Communication, a Bachelor of Library and Information Science, a Bachelor of Physical Education (BPEd), a Bachelor of Nursing and a Bachelor of Physiotherapy are available.

Graduation Courses

Sambalpur University's postgraduate departments provide MA, M Sc, M Tech, M.Phil, PhD, and D.Sc degrees. All departments actively engage in research and are well equipped to support NET/JRF/GATE students. This university offers a limited number of research fellowships to students. Listed below are courses taught in several fields:

The Sambalpur university offers post-graduate education in 42 topics through 30 departments, with the Education and Centre of Foreign Languages department starting in 2018.

P.G. departments on campus:

PG Anthropology Department - 1976.
Department of Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (Self financing) - It began in 2016. It offers self-funded M.Sc. Biotechnology 2016, M.Sc. Bioinformatics 2016, and P.G. Diploma in Bioinformatics 2018.
Nano Research Centre - 2017
The Department of Business Administration offers regular and self-funded courses in Executive MBA, MBA Rural Management, and MBA (Agri-Business). Due to a lack of applicants, the department coordinator has decided to suspend the self-financing M.B.A Rural Management courses.
School of Chemistry - Established in 1969, offers self-funded courses like M.Sc. Applied Chemistry.
Department of Computer Sciences and Applications - Established in 1988.
Department of Earth Science - Established in 1984. Provides regular, including self financing in M.Tech. Geospatial Technology 2011
M. Tech. in Geospatial Technology - 2012
Economics P.G Department - 1971. Regular, including self-funding (M.B.A, financial Management).
Foreign Language Centre (Self-Financing) - Established in 2018, it solely provides Chinese and French.
Department of Education (B.Ed-M.Ed) (Self Financing) – Formed in 2017 and newly established in 2018.
English Department - founded in 1969.
M.Tech. Environmental Science & Engineering, M.Tech. Safety, Health & Environmental Technology.
Department of Hindi -Established in 2010.
P.G Department of History -The History Department has a museum named for Professor N.K. Sahoo, which was established in 1969.The National Mission for Manuscripts created a Manuscript Conservation Centre (MCC) in 2003.
P.G. Department of Home Science - 1976.
P. G. Department of Law - 1986.
Library and Information Science - Established in 1976.
School of Life Sciences - Since 1971, offers regular and self-funded M.Sc. Microbiology programmes.
School of Mathematical Sciences (1969)
Odia Department - Established 1968.
School of Performing Arts (Dance & Drama) - Established in 2010, imparts education in Dance and Drama.
M.A. in Political Science, P.G. Diploma in Human Rights Education, Certificate Course in Human Rights Education.
School of Physics - Founded in 1969, offers M.Sc. Medical Physics courses on a regular basis.
Sanskrit - Established in 2017, self-funded M.A Sanskrit programme.
Sociology P.G Department - 1991.
Department of Statistics - 1976.
PG Department of Social Work - Master of Social Work (Self Financing) - Established in 2017.
Master in Performing Arts - Established in 2010.
P.G Department of Food Science Technology (FST & FS) and Nutrition (Self Financing) - Established in 2010, recently established in 2017 with self financing course in M.Tech. Food Sc. & Tech., M.Sc. Food Science, M.Sc. Food Sc. & Nutrition

Miscellaneous buildings include:

Public Examination Cell, Sbi Bank Branch with 2 ATMs, Post Office, Health Centre, Prof.Bhubaneshwar Behera Central Library, Sambalpur University New Library, UCO Bank, Kantapali 1 ATM, Home Cum Canteen (University Canteen), Central Canteen 1, Central Canteen 2, U.G.C - H.R.D.C Lecture Hall, Sambalpur University Student Information Center (Hostel Canteen)

Post-Graduate Courses It offers postgraduate degrees in Anthropology, Business Administration (MBA), Chemistry (Earth Science), Economics (ES), English (ES), Hindi (Hindi), History, Home Science (HS), Library and Information Science (LIS), Mathematics, Odiya (Odiya), Performing Arts (Drama, Dance), Political Science and

Post Graduate Diploma in Human Rights Education and Computer Application

Human Rights Education Certificate

Professional courses include LLM and MBA.

9 self-financed courses:

Executive M.B.A., MBA (Financial Management), Master of Social Work (MSW), M. Sc. in Food Science & Nutrition, M. Tech. in Food Science & Technology

Anthropology, Business Administration, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Science, Economics, English, Environmental Science, History, Home Science, Library&Information Science, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Odia, Political Science, Public Administration, Physics, Sociology, and Statistics.

P.hd Among the courses offered are: Anthropology, chemistry, earth science, English, history, home science, library and information science, odia, political science and public administration, physics, sociology, statistics.

Online education

The Distance and Continuing Education Directorate began in 1998.

PG Diploma in Industrial Chemistry, PG Diploma in Environment Education & Management, PG Diploma in Industrial Safety & Management, PG Diploma in Mass Communication & Journalism,PG Diploma in Library Automation & Networking,PG Diploma in Social Work & HRD,PG Diploma in Remote Sensing & GIS, MBA in Environmental Management (3 years).

S.U.I.I.T (Sambalpur University Institute of Information Technology) is an autonomous constituent institute.

SUIIT offers B. Tech. in ECE, CSE, and EEE, as well as M. Sc. in Electronics and Bioinformatics, MCA, M. Tech in CS, M. Tech in ESD and M. Tech in CSE.

The university also provides DEM, DRAC, PGDCA, and PGDIRPM.

The colleges associated with Sambalpur University are located in Sundargarh, Deogarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, Bargarh, Boudh, and Athmallik sub division of Angul district.

System changes

The Odisha government approved in 2019 the transfer of academic operations of 155 colleges under Sambalpur University to new universities from June 1, 2020.
Government Autonomous College, Bhawanipatna and Rajendra Autonomous College, Balangir will be promoted to University.

There had been attempts to make this a Central University.

Ducation Department office Sambalpur university

How many colleges come under Sambalpur?

Ans. There are about 196 colleges affiliated to Sambalpur University excluding four other colleges Nababharat Shiksha Parishad, SLB Medical College, Sardar Raza's Medical College and Sarala Nursing College with totalling more than 200 colleges.

In which year was Sambalpur College established?

Ans. The Sambalpur University was inaugurated on 4th January, 1967 by Hon'ble Chancellor A.N. Khosla. The University started functioning in 1967 in a rented private building at Dhanupali, Sambalpur and in Government building at Ainthapali, Sambalpur from 1968 - 72.