Maa Manikeshwari University (erstwhile Kalahandi University) is a state public university located in

Bhawanipatna Bhawanipatna is a city and the headquarter of Kalahandi district in the state of Odisha, India. Bhawanipatna has numerous temples dedicated to different deities of the Hindu pantheon. Geography and climate Bhawanipatna is located at . It h ...

, the district headquarters of Kalahandi district of

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, India

History

The University started as Kalahandi Science College on 18 July 1960 under private management till 30 September 1961. It was taken over by the Government of Odisha on 1 December 1961 as Government Science College. The degree classes started in 1982. It was conferred with the status of an autonomous educational institution in 2002. On 1 September 2020, it was upgraded to an affiliating university by the Odisha state government as Kalahandi University. The University serves as a higher educational centre in the KBK (Kalahandi-Bolangir-Koraput) region. On 28 December 2023, Odisha CM

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approved to change the name of University to ''Maa Manikeshwari University''

Academics

The Institution offers UG, PG and P.H.D courses in 16 different subjects. * Anthropology * Botany * Chemistry * Commerce * Economics * Education * English * Geography * History * Mathematics * Odia * Physics * Political Science * Sanskrit * Sociology * Zoology

Affiliated colleges

The university has jurisdiction over colleges in Kalahandi and Nuapada district.

References

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