Khallikote Unitary University, formerly known as Khallikote Autonomous College, is a co-educational state university situated in
Brahmapur, Odisha
Brahmapur (; also known as Berhampur) is a city on the eastern coastline of Ganjam district of the Indian state of Odisha. Bramhapur is most famous for its street food, silk sarees or pato sarees, temples and many historical places. Bramhapur al ...
on the eastern coast of India. Founded as Union College in 1878, the institution became a university in 2021. The university has a student enrolment of nearly 5,000. It is one of the oldest educational institutes in Odisha.
History
The present university began as a Government Zilla School in 1856 and later upgraded for Intermediate classes (F.A. classes) with the name of ''Union College'' in 1878. And subsequently changed its name to ''Native College''.
With major financial crisis in around 1893, for the survival of the institution the District Magistrate of Ganjam (A.W.B. Higgins, ICS) approached the Raja Saheb Harihar Mardaraj Deo of
Khallikote
Khallikote is a town and a Notified Area Council in Ganjam district in the Indian state of Odisha.
Geography
Khallikote is located at . It has an average elevation of .
Demographics
India census, Khalikote had a population of 10,959. Males ...
who donated a lakh of rupees for the endowment fund. It was renamed in 1893 as Khallikote College in the honor of late Raja Saheb.
The college was affiliated to
Madras University
The University of Madras (informally known as Madras University) is a public state university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and among the most prestigious universities in India, incorporated by an a ...
until 1936 when Berhampur was in the
Madras Presidency
The Madras Presidency, or the Presidency of Fort St. George, also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. At its greatest extent, the presidency included most of southern India, including the ...
. After 1936, when
Orissa
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Sch ...
became a separate province, the college was affiliated to
Patna University
Patna University is a public state university in Patna, Bihar, India. It was established on 1 October 1917 during the British Raj. It is the first university in Bihar and the seventh oldest university in the Indian subcontinent in the modern er ...
.
From 1944, Degree classes started in Arts, Science and Commerce at Khallikote College under affiliation to
Utkal University
Utkal University (UU) is a Public university in Bhubaneswar, Khordha district, Khordha, Odisha, and is the oldest university in Odisha, the state, and the 17th-oldest university in India. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating university. The pre ...
. Postgraduate programmes were also introduced in four subjects in 1963.
The college became affiliated to
Berhampur University after its establishment in 1967. The college management was handed over to
Government of Odisha from 1971.
Journey to University
The college has given autonomy since 1990 and renamed it as ''Khallikote Autonomous College''.
The
Khallikote Cluster University was established as the first cluster university in Odisha on 30 May 2015, under the RUSA scheme. It was started to give affiliation, resource distribution and to tackle staff crunch among age old Khallikote (Autonomous) College, Berhampur; Sashi Bhusan Rath Government Women's College, Berhampur; Binayak Acharya College, Berhampur; Government Science College, Chhatrapur; and Gopalpur College, Gopalpur.
The cluster headquarter was the Khallikote College campus. By 2021, the cluster university has ceased its operations and merged with
Berhampur University.
With major amendments, Khallikote Autonomous College has been upgraded and has given the status of a new Unitary University in the state of Odisha from 1 August 2021.
Academics
The university currently has twenty-two different departments.
Departments
* Anthropology
* BBA
* Bachelor of Education
* Botany & Biotech
* Chemistry
* Commerce
* Computer Science
* Economics
* Education
* Electronics & Telecommunications
* English
* Geology
* Hindi
* Histrory
* MFA
* Mathematics
* Master of Computer Application
* Odia
* Philosophy
* Physics
* Political Science
* Zoology
Facilities
* Central Bank of India with ATM
* Sub-Post Office
* Khallikote University Stadium
Alumni
*
V. V. Giri
Varahagiri Venkata Giri (; 10 August 1894 — 24 June 1980) was an Indian politician and activist from Berhampur in Odisha who served as the 4th president of India from 24 August 1969 to 24 August 1974. He also 3rd vice president of India from ...
, former
President of India
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Bishwanath Das
Bishwanath Das (8 March 1889 – 2 June 1984) was a politician, lawyer and philanthropist from India. He was the prime minister of Odisha Province of British India 1937–39, the governor of Uttar Pradesh 1962–67 and later the chief minister ...
, Ex-Governor
* Justice B. Jagannath Das, Former Judge of the Supreme Court of India
* Chief Justice
Lingaraj Panigrahi
Lingaraj Panigrahi was an Indian politician and former Chief Justice of Orissa High Court. He is the father of Pramod Panigrahi, former Law Secretary of Government of Odisha.
Career
Panigrahi was born in Ganjam District. He initially studied in ...
* Justice P. Balakrishna Rao
* Vice-Admiral H. L. Sharma
*
Nityananda Pradhan
Nityananda Pradhan (born 18 November 1944) is an Indian politician. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha, representing Aska (Lok Sabha constituency).
He left Communist Party of India and joined Biju Janata Dal ( BJD) in 2008.
He is a former me ...
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Ladu Kishore Swain
Ladu Kishore Swain (8 July 1947 – 5 February 2019) was an Indian politician who was the Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Aska in the Indian state of Odisha.
He was a member of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) political party. He was a mem ...
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Sisir Mishra
Sisir Mishra is an Indian film director and screenwriter best known for directing Hindi and Odia language films including '' Bheegi Palkein'', ''Samay Ki Dhara'', ''Billoo Baadshaah'', ''TADA'' and ''Aseema''.
In 2018 he was awarded the Padm ...
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Celina Jaitly
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Tamanna Vyas
Tamanna Vyas is an Indian actress who works in Odia film industry. She made her debut in the movie ''Joker'' opposite actor Papu Pom Pom in 2015. She has been selected in the Top-10 list of the Miss Diva - 2018 in Mumbai.
Early life
Tamanna w ...
References
External links
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Department of Higher Education, Odisha
Autonomous Colleges of Odisha
Universities in Odisha
Education in Berhampur
Educational institutions established in 1878
1878 establishments in India
Academic institutions formerly affiliated with the University of Madras