Rajendra University, formerly known as Rajendra Autonomous College is situated in

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History

The university was established as an Intermediate college in 1944 by Maharaja

Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Maharaja Sir Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo KCIE (31 March 1912 – 23 February 1975) was an Indian politician and the last ruler of the princely state of Patna in Odisha before Indian independence in 1947. He was the President of the Ganatantra ...

, the erstwhile King of

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and one of the former

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as ''Rajendra College''. It started degree courses in July 1944 by offering B.A. (pass) class. It became a full-fledged degree college after the affiliation of Commerce Faculty (B.Com. class) in 1964–65 and Science faculty (B.Sc. class) in 1965–66. From 1978 to 1979, it started offering post graduate courses in Arts, Science and Commerce. From 1967 to 2002, this college was affiliated to

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. The college was granted autonomy from 1 April 2002. In December 2019, the college celebrated its platinum anniversary where Vice President of India

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was about to come, but couldn't because of bad weather. Somehow he delivered a video message and inaugurated the function. It was upgraded by the

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into a university on 1 September 2020. Deepak Kumar Behera was appointed as first vice chancellor of this university. Platinum jubble

On 2020,

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sanctions 50 crores for development of this university.

Academics

The college offers three-year degree courses and two-year post-graduate degree programmes in following departments.

Arts

* Department of English * Department of History * Department of Pol.Sc. * Department of Economics * Department of Odia * Department of Hindi * Department of Sanskrit * Department of Geography * Department of Mathematics * Department of Education * Department of Philosophy

Science

* Department of Physics * Department of Chemistry * Department of Botany * Department of Zoology * Department of Mathematics * Department of Computer Science

Commerce

* Department of Commerce

Affiliated colleges

The university has jurisdiction over colleges in

and

Subarnapur district Subarnapur District, also called Sonepur District or Sonapur District, is an administrative district in western Odisha state in eastern India. The town of Sonepur is the district headquarters. Sonepur has a rich cultural heritage and is known ...

References

External links

Rajendra University Balangir website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rajendra University Balangir Department of Higher Education, Odisha Autonomous Colleges of Odisha Universities and colleges in Odisha Educational institutions established in 1944 1944 establishments in India Colleges affiliated to Sambalpur University