Central University of Orissa, Koraput

**Central University of Orissa**
"କେନ୍ଦ୍ରୀୟ ବିଶ୍ୱବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ, ଓଡିଶା"

Type	Central University
Established	2009
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. Sachidananda Mohanty
Location	Koraput, Odisha, India
Website	http://www.cuo.ac.in/

The Central University of Orissa was established by parliament under the Central Universities Act, 2009 (No. 3C of 2009) by Govt. of India, situated at Sunabeda Town, Koraput district in the Indian state of Odisha. The territorial jurisdiction of the Central University of Orissa is the whole of the Odisha.

Overview

The university was established by parliament under the Central Universities Act. It is one of 20 new Central Universities established by the Government of India during the UGC XI Plan period to address the concerns of "equity and access" and as per the policy of the Government of India to increase the access to quality higher education by people in less educationally developed districts which have a Graduate Enrollment Ratio of less than the national average of 11%.

Koraput District of Odisha comes within the KBK region (Koraput, Bolangir and Kalahandi) which is as an underdeveloped region of the State of Odisha. These three districts of the state are known for tribal culture, because the majority of the people here belong to ST and SC categories. Since there was no university set up in this region the Central University was proposed. Prof. (Dr.)Surabhi Banerjee was the first and founding Vice Chancellor of Central University of Odisha. At present it is guided by Prof. Sachidananda Mohanty.^[1]

University area

The site is located in village Chikapar and Chakarliput coming under Sunabeda NAC (Urban area). It is close to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Sunabeda. A road constructed over the acquired land of Indian Navy for the purposes of the Naval Armament Depot joins the proposed site from N.H. 43 at the point of Sunabeda Junction-1 (about 6 km.). Dumuriput railway station is 5 km from Sunabeda-1 Junction. Damanjodi railway station is 15 km. Koraput railway station is 25 km. The land size is 450 acres spreading over village Chikapar (Ac. 310.96) and the adjoining Chakarliput (Ac. 139.13).

School and Department

^[2] School of Languages

1. Department of Odia Language & Literature (DOLL) - Dr. Alok Baral, HoD(I/c)
2. Department of English Language & Literature (DELL) - Sh. Sanjeet Kumar Das, HoD(I/c)
3. Department of Hindi (DH) - Dr. Mayuri Mishra, Dept. (I/c)
4. Department of Sanskrit (DSkt) - Sh. Kumuda Prasad Acharya, Dept. (I/c)

School of Social Sciences

1. Department of Sociology (DS) - Dr. Kapila Khemundu, HoD (I/c)
2. Department of Anthropology (DA) - Dr. Jayanta Kumar Nayak, HoD(I/c)
3. Department of Economics (DE) - Sh. Prasant Kumar Behera, HoD(I/c)

School of Education & Education Technology

1. Department of Journalism & Mass Communication (DJMC) - Dr. Prodosh Kumar Rath, HoD(I/c)
2. Department of Teacher Education (DTE) - Dr. Ramendra Kumar Parhi, HoD(I/c)

School of Basic Sciences & Information Sciences

1. Department of Mathematics (DM) - Sh. Jyotiska Datta, HoD(I/c)
2. Department of Computer Science (DCS) - Sh. Sushant Kumar, Dept. (I/c)

School of Commerce and Management

1. Department of Business Management (DBM) - Dr. A. Mohan Muralidhar, Dept. (I/c)

School of Biodiversity & Conservation of Natural Resources

1. Department of Biodiversity & Conservation of Natural Resources (DBCNR) - Dr. Sharat Kumar Palita, Dean & HoD

School of Applied Science

1. Department of Statistics (DSTAT) - Dr. Mahesh Kumar Panda, HoD (I/c)

Central library

Soon after the formal appearance of the Central Library in the year 2009, immediate emphasis was given for a good collection development on Text Books and Reference Books. Besides holding an excellent print collection of over 17500+ volumes of books, it also provides access to popular magazines, selected journals, theses, reports, e-books, e-journals and online databases in Sciences, Humanities, and Social Sciences. The library made a significant progress during the year 2011-12 by empanelling 16 vendors for supply of Books & Journals to give a boost to the procurement process. Apart from the procurement on print books, the Central Library achieved phenomenal progress in the subscription of e-resources by subscribing 8000+ e-resources (full text as well as bibliographical databases) to its digital collection making "24 x 7 Library" in real scene on the present campus of CUO @ Landiguda.

Central Library (Overview)

Year of Establishment - 2009
Total space available (in sq. feet) - 2500
Space for reading room facility (in sq. feet) - 800
Total Print Books - 29692
Total number Print Journals subscribed - 100
Total number e- journals subscribed - 8500+ (through UGC Infonet DL Consortium)
Total No. of Newspapers Subscribed - 16

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Universities in Odisha
Public	Berhampur University Biju Patnaik University of Technology Central University of Orissa, Koraput Fakir Mohan University Gangadhar Meher University Khallikote University National Law University Odisha North Orissa University Odisha State Open University Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology Rama Devi Women's University Ravenshaw University Sambalpur University Shri Jagannath Sanskrit Vishvavidayalaya Utkal University Utkal University of Culture Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology
Private	Centurion University of Technology and Management Sri Sri University Xavier University, Bhubaneswar International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar Birla Global University
Deemed	KIIT University Siksha O Anusandhan University
Gov. Body	Department of Higher Education, Odisha

Central universities of India
Central universities	Aligarh Muslim University Assam University Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Banaras Hindu University Central Agricultural University Dr. Hari Singh Gour University English and Foreign Languages University Indian Maritime University Indira Gandhi National Open University Indira Gandhi National Tribal University Jamia Millia Islamia Jawaharlal Nehru University Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya Manipur University Maulana Azad National Urdu University Mizoram University Nagaland University North Eastern Hill University Pondicherry University Rajiv Gandhi University Sikkim University Tezpur University Tripura University University of Allahabad University of Delhi University of Hyderabad Visva-Bharati University
New central universities^† (19)	Central University of South Bihar Central University of Gujarat Central University of Himachal Pradesh Central University of Haryana Central University of Jammu Central University of Jharkhand Central University of Karnataka Central University of Kashmir Central University of Kerala Central University of Orissa Central University of Punjab Central University of Rajasthan Central University of Tamil Nadu Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University Mahatma Gandhi Central University Nalanda University Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University South Asian University
^† Established or granted central university status in 2009 or afterwards.

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