College of Basic Science and Humanities, Bhubaneswar is a constituent college of Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT). Situated in capital city of Odisha, the college provides education in science stream to +2 science (Intermediate), graduate (B.Sc.), postgraduate (M.Sc.) as well as Ph.D. COLLEGE OLD GATE

Objective / Purpose of the public Authority

To offer +2 Science Courses at higher secondary level and supporting pre-requisite courses to the students of other constituent colleges of OUAT. Besides to offer three year full-time degree courses in Science courses. From the session 2014–15, Post Graduate and Ph.D. courses in different disciplines of Sciences were also introduced.

Departments and faculties

The college has the following Departments:

Mathematics Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

Physics Physics is the natural science that studies matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge which ...

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the elements that make up matter to the compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, proper ...

Botany Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek w ...

Zoology Zoology ()The pronunciation of zoology as is usually regarded as nonstandard, though it is not uncommon. is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, an ...

Microbiology Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being unicellular (single cell), multicellular (cell colony), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, ...

(BSc),

Biotechnology Biotechnology is the integration of natural sciences and engineering sciences in order to achieve the application of organisms, cells, parts thereof and molecular analogues for products and services. The term ''biotechnology'' was first used ...

Computer Science Computer science is the study of computation, automation, and information. Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, information theory, and automation) to Applied science, practical discipli ...

and

Information Technology Information technology (IT) is the use of computers to create, process, store, retrieve, and exchange all kinds of data . and information. IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). An information technology syste ...

(IT),

Electronics The field of electronics is a branch of physics and electrical engineering that deals with the emission, behaviour and effects of electrons using electronic devices. Electronics uses active devices to control electron flow by amplification ...

odia Odia, also spelled Oriya or Odiya, may refer to: * Odia people in Odisha, India * Odia language, an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family * Odia alphabet, a writing system used for the Odia languag ...

, and

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ...

. The college have many eminent faculties. Among the notable names, J. B. S. Haldane, came at the top of the list. Eventually, many senior faculties trained from various national institutes have been taught in the college. For example, Prof. Netaji Upadhaya (PhD from BHU, Varanasi), Prof. Ashis Mohanty (MPhil form Delhi University) had given their best for the upliftment of the college. Currently, many senior faculties such as Prof. CSK Mishra (heading the college as Director) and Prof. Nandita Swain are immensely guiding the college. Many youngsters trained internationally, such as Dr. Biswaranjan Paital (Utkal, University, BHU, Varanasi, Indian Institute of Science, UiTM, Selangor), Dr. Himansu Sahoo (PhD form IIT, post from USA), Dr Nigam Parida (PhD from Indian Institute of Science), Dr. Chhatrapti Parida (NIT, Rourkela) are actively maintaining the teaching learning environment via teaching research and extension. Dr. Biswaranjan Paital form Zoology Department has been listed in the top 2% scientists of the world as published by the Stanford University in 2021. Many other young faculties like Dr. Rojalin Patanaik, Dr Debashis Mishra, Dr. Debiprasan Samantroy and Dr. Himansulal Nayak are the assets for the college. Altogether, the team contribution leads the college to be the 3rd most choice college by the students in the state to peruse UG and PG.

Admission

*+2 science: admission over 384 seats through the E-admission by DHE *B Sc.: admission over 225 seats through the E-admission by Directorate of Higher Education, Govt. of Odisha. *PG: By OUAT entrance examination. *Ph.D.: By OUAT entrance examination. The cut off for +2 science is 87%(approx) of 10th.And cut off for +3 science 80-70%(depends upon honours paper) of 12th/+2 science. PG admission depends upon the career marks (i.e. 10th,12th & +3 sc. percentage) and entrance marks. *Admission starts after the publication of respective results, i.e. 10th result of Bse/cbse/icse board & 12th result of chse/cbse/icse board result publication *+2 science: Examination is conducted by CHSE. *+3 science: conducted by OUAT *PG: conducted by OUAT. *Ph.D.: Conducted by OUAT following UGC pattern. *The 1st year exam of +2 is conducted in college level.for 2nd year +2 the final exam is conducted by CHSE.And two more exam of 2nd year i.e. test exam and pretest exam is conducted by college authority. The +2 exam is of total 600 marks practical paper are distributed in 70(theory)+30(practical).& language paper is of 100 mark. The combinations available in the college is PCMB, PCMIT, PCMS, PCME. *Similarly the +3 exam is conducted by university i.e. OUAT and internal exam is by college.

References

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