Login
Login

Khallikote Unitary University

{{short description|Public unitary university in Odisha, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}

{{Infobox university

| name = Khallikote Unitary University

| native_name =

| image = Khallikote Unitary University Logo.png

| motto = Tamso Ma Jyotirgamaya

| mottoeng = From darkness, lead me to light

| established = 1878 (as College)
2021 (as University)

| chancellor = Governor of Odisha

| vice_chancellor = Prafulla Kumar Mohanty

| city = Brahmapur, Odisha

| postalcode = 760001

| country = India

| faculty = 112{{Cite news|date=7 October 2022|title=Khallikote varsity gets 112 new faculty positions|work=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2022/oct/07/khallikote-varsity-gets-112-new-faculty-positions-2505652.html/|access-date=7 Oct 2022}}

| students =

| coor =

| campus_size = {{convert|16.72|acre|ha}}

| type = Public

| campus = Urban

| colours =

| academic_affiliations = UGC

| accreditation =

| website = {{url|https://kuu.ac.in/}}

}}

Khallikote Unitary University, formerly known as Khallikote Autonomous College, is a co-educational state university situated in Brahmapur, Odisha on the eastern coast of India. One of the oldest educational institutes in Odisha, it was founded as Union College in 1878, and became a university in 2021.{{Cite news|date=3 August 2021|title=Khallikote Autonomous College gets unitary university status|work=The Orissa Post|url=https://www.orissapost.com/khallikote-autonomous-college-gets-unitary-university-status/amp/|access-date=8 Oct 2022}} The university has a student enrolment of nearly 5,000.

History

{{cite web|url=https://kuu.ac.in/history/|title=A Brief History of the Unitary University|work=Kuu.ac.in|date= |accessdate=2022-12-09}}

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 who donated a lakh of rupees for the endowment fund. It was renamed in 1893 as Khallikote College in the honor of the late Raja.

The college was affiliated to Madras University until 1936, when it was affiliated to Patna University.{{cite web |url=https://www.punjabcolleges.com/13391-indiacolleges-khallikote-autonomous-college-berhampur |title=Khallikote Autonomous College, Berhampur, Orissa |publisher=PunjabColleges.com |date= |accessdate=2022-11-05 |archive-date=12 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212234855/https://www.punjabcolleges.com/13391-indiacolleges-khallikote-autonomous-college-berhampur |url-status=dead }} In 1944, Khallikote College started degree classes in Arts, Science and Commerce streams under Utkal University affiliation. Postgraduate programmes were introduced in four subjects in 1963. Then in 1967 this college became affiliated to Berhampur University after its establishment. The college management was handed over to Government of Odisha from 1971. The college has given autonomy since 1990 and renamed it as Khallikote Autonomous College.

=Journey to University=

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 in the Khallikote College campus. By 2021, the cluster university has ceased its operations and merged with Berhampur University.{{Cite news|date=2 October 2021|title=Government experiment ends, Odisha's Khallikote merges with Berhampur varsity|work=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2021/oct/02/govt-experiment-ends-khallikote-merges-with-berhampur-varsity-2366676.html|access-date=7 Oct 2022}}

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.{{Cite news|date=3 August 2021|title=Odisha's Khallikote Autonomous College gets unitary university status|work=The Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/education/news/odishas-khallikote-autonomous-college-gets-unitary-university-status-101627996104446.html|access-date=7 Oct 2022}}

Academics

The university currently has twenty-two departments.{{cite web|url=https://kuu.ac.in/departments/|title=Departments|date=5 November 2022}}

=Departments=

{{div col|colwidth=20em}}

  • Anthropology
  • BBA
  • Bachelor of Education
  • Botany & Biotech
  • Chemistry
  • Commerce
  • Computer Science
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Electronics & Telecommunications
  • English
  • Geology
  • Hindi
  • History
  • MFA
  • Mathematics
  • Master of Computer Application
  • Odia
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Political Science
  • Zoology

{{div col end}}

Facilities

  • Central Bank of India with ATM
  • Sub-Post Office
  • Khallikote University Stadium

Alumni

{{cite web|url=https://kuu.ac.in/history/|title=A Brief History of the Unitary University|date=5 November 2022}}

{{alumni|date=January 2023}}

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{official|http://kuu.ac.in/}}

{{Universities in Odisha}}

{{authority control}}

{{coord|19.3075|N|84.7944|E|source:wikidata|display=title}}

Category:Department of Higher Education, Odisha

Category:Autonomous Colleges of Odisha

Category:Universities in Odisha

Category:Education in Berhampur

Category:Universities and colleges established in 1878

Category:1878 establishments in India

Category:Academic institutions formerly affiliated with the University of Madras