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July 8th, 2016, 10:19 AM
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Re: Establishment of Utkal University

Utkal University was established in 1943 and is a teaching-cum-affiliating university. It is the largest affiliating university in the country with 267 affiliated general colleges, 15 law colleges, 6 medical and pharmacy colleges.

There are at present 27 masters departments at the university campus for studies and research in various disciplines of Science, Humanities, Business administration, Social science, Law, and Commerce.

It has jurisdiction over nine districts in Odisha: Anugul, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jajapur, Jagatsinghapur, Kendrapara, Khordha, Nayagarh and Puri, catering to the needs of higher education of a population of over 11 million people.

Notable Alumni

Professor Biswajeet Pattanayak, Founder and Director Asian School of Business Management, Bhubaneswar

Gopal Ballav Pattanaik, ex. Chief Justice of India

T. K. Chand, Chairman cum Managing Director of National Aluminium Company

Hara Prasad Mishra, biochemist based in USA

Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, former Chief Minister of Odisha and the former Governor of Assam

Jayanti Patnaik, member of parliament, author and editor

Kumkum Mohanty, Odishi dancer and winner of Padma Shri and Sangeet Natak Akademi award

Madhu Sudan Kanungo, scientist in gerontology and neuro-science and winner of Padmashree award

Mihir Sen, first Asian to swim the English Channel in 1958, and the first swimmer to have crossed the Palk Straits in 1966

Sarojini Sahoo, feminist writer, Sahitya Akademi award winner and editor of India AGE

Subrata K. Mitra, political scientist and editor of Heidelberg papers of South Asia

H R Khan, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of India

Subroto Bagchi, Indian entrepreneur and a Business leader, co-founder of Mindtree

Tapan Kumar Pradhan, activist, writer and winner of Sahitya Akademi Golden Jubilee prize for Kalahandi

Soumya Mishra, the first female IPS officer of Odisha

Contact Detail:
Utkal University
Bhubaneswar, Odisha 751004
0674 256 7387


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