Fakir Mohan University (FM University) is a

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located at Nuapadhi, Balasore, Odisha, India. It is named after Odia writer Fakir Mohan Senapati.

History

This university was established by the Government of Odisha, under Section 32 of the Odisha Universities Act, 1989 (Act 5 of 1989). It was carved out of the

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in 1999 and acts as an affiliating university. Professor Gorachand Patnaik, an eminent educationist of the state and a former principal of Ravenshaw College, is the founding Vice Chancellor of the university. FM University has 93 colleges and 15,000 students at the graduate and postgraduate levels. It is the only university in India that offers a postgraduate course in Ballistics.

Campuses

FM University is functioning in two campuses: the old campus at Januganj, besides the National Highway near Remuna Golei (at , around from Balasore bus stand and railway station) and the new campus at Nuapadhi (at , around from Balasore bus stand and railway station). In March 2021, Union minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi inaugurated New Marine Bioresource and Biotechnology Centre at the university's Balasore campus.

Colleges

FM University affiliates 96 colleges and 14 professional colleges including two autonomous colleges: FM Autonomous College, and

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. It's jurisdiction extends over

Balasore Balasore, also known as Baleswar, is a city in the state of Odisha, about from the state capital Bhubaneswar and from Kolkata, in eastern India. It is the administrative headquarters of Balasore district and the largest city as well as heal ...

and

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districts.

Departments

# Dept. of Atmospheric Science # Dept. of Physics # Dept. of Bioscience and Biotechnology # Dept. of Botany # Dept. of Business Management # Dept. of Chemistry # Dept. of Commerce # Dept. of Computer Science # Dept. of Education # Dept. of Environmental Science # Dept. of Geography # Dept. of Geology # Dept. of History & Archaeology # Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communication # Dept. of Language and Literature # Dept. of Mathematics # Dept. of Population Studies # Dept. of Social Science # Dept. of Zoology # Dept. of Library Science # Dept. of Micro Biology # Dept. of Anthropology # Dept. of PMIR # Dept. of MSW # Dept. of Psychology

Facilities

The university has a computer lab, bioscience (botany & zoology) and biotechnology lab, BIF- computer lab (at Dept. of Biosciences and Biotechnology), environmental science lab and Physics lab. Dept of social science

There is a centralised computer centre, central library with Internet connection (12 hrs open). Welfare facilities include UCO bank, two ATMs (SBI and UCO), one canteen, a common gym for both boys and girls, a mini indoor stadium, one cricket field, one volley field, one boys hostel, two girls hostel, staff quarters and a guest house.

Notable alumni

* Gopanarayan Das

References

External links

Official website
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