Khallikote Unitary University, formerly known as Khallikote Autonomous College, is a co-educational state university situated in

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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

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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. After 1936, when

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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 Berhampur University is a Public teaching-cum-affiliating university in Brahmapur, Odisha, India inaugurated by former Governor of Odisha, Dr. A.N. Khosla. History Berhampur University was established on 2 January 1967 as an affiliating univ ...

after its establishment in 1967. The college management was handed over to

Government of Odisha The government of the Indian state of Odisha and its 30 districts consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Odisha, a judiciary, and a legislative branch. Like other states in India, the head of state of Odisha is the Governor, appoi ...

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

. 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

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* Bishwanath Das, 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 *

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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 ...

* Sisir Mishra *

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* Tamanna Vyas

References

External links

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