Shailabala Women's College (also known as S.B. Women's College) is a state run postgraduate, undergraduate and junior +2 women's government college on Madhusudan road in

Cuttack Cuttack (, or officially Kataka ) in Odia is the former capital and the second largest city in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the headquarters of the Cuttack district. The name of the city is an anglicised form of ''Kataka'' which literall ...

, India. Shailabala Women's College is the first

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. It was named in respect for Shailabala Das who donated her home as a college building to run intermediate and degree courses. She was known for her notable deeds on contribution towards women's upliftment in education and social activities in

. She was daughter of the great political leader

Madhusudan Das Madhusudan Das (28 April 1848 – 4 February 1934) was an Indian lawyer and social reformer, who founded Utkal Sammilani in 1903 to campaign for the unification of Odisha along with its social and industrial development. He was one of the main ...

who bought social and industrial development in Odisha during British Raj in India and is known for Utkal Divas. The postgraduate degree

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(M.A) include courses on Home Science, History and Sanskrit. The undergraduate degree include

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(B.Sc) and

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(B.A). The college is maintained by

Department of Higher Education, Odisha Department of Higher Education, Odisha (Odia: ଉଚ୍ଚ ଶିକ୍ଷା ବିଭାଗ, ଓଡ଼ିଶା) is a unit of the Government of Odisha in India that looks after the school and college education in the state of Odisha. The depart ...

and is affiliated to run its undergraduate and postgraduate course curriculum under

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and for class 11th and 12th science, arts and some vocational courses under

Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha (abbreviated as CHSE (O)) is a Board of Education imparting Senior Higher Secondary (Class 11 & Class 12 Courses) for public and private schools, Colleges under the State Government of Odisha, India. ...

. Dr. Gayatri Biswal is the principal.

Notable alumni

Jayanti Patnaik Jayanti Patnaik (7 April 1932 – 28 September 2022) was an Indian politician and social worker.

Prabhat Nalini Das Prabhat Nalini Das (19 December 1927 – 14 November 2018) was an Indian public intellectual, academic and university president. She served as a professor of English and head of the English Department at Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University; I ...

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Aparajita Chowdhury. Vice chancellor R. D. Womenns university.

References

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