Central University of Odisha

Central University of Odisha (CUO), formerly Central University of Orissa, was established by parliament under the Central Universities Act, 2009 (No. 3C of 2009) by Government of India, situated at Sunabeda Town, Koraput District in the Indian state of Odisha. The territorial jurisdiction of the university is whole of the Odisha state.

Central University of Odisha
MottoCUO For nation Building
TypePublic
Established2009 (2009)
ChancellorP. V. Krishna Bhatta
Vice-ChancellorDr.Ivaturi Ramabhramam [1]
Students696[2]
Undergraduates58[2]
Postgraduates593[2]
45[2]
Location
Koraput
,
Odisha
,
India

18.737601°N 82.807732°E / 18.737601; 82.807732
CampusRural
450 acres (1.8 km2)
AffiliationsUGC; NAAC; AIU
Websitewww.cuo.ac.in

History

The university was established in 2009 as Central University of Orissa, by parliament under the Central Universities Act. It is one of 20 new Central Universities established by the Government of India during the UGC XI Plan period to address the concerns of "equity and access" and as per the policy of the Government of India to increase the access to quality higher education by people in less educationally developed districts which have a Graduate Enrollment Ratio of less than the national average of 11%.

Surabhi Banerjee was the first and founding Vice Chancellor of the university.

In August 2019 it was renamed Central University of Odisha through the Central Universities (Amendment) Act, 2019.[3]

University area

The site is located in village Chikapar and Chakarliput coming under Sunabeda NAC (Urban area). It is close to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), Sunabeda. A road constructed over the acquired land of Indian Navy for the purposes of the Naval Armament Depot joins the proposed site from N.H. 43 at the point of Sunabeda Junction-1 (about 6 km.). Dumuriput railway station is 5 km from Sunabeda-1 Junction. Damanjodi railway station is 15 km. Koraput railway station is 25 km. The land size is 450 acres spreading over village Chikapar (Ac. 310.96) and the adjoining Chakarliput (Ac. 139.13).

School and Department

[4] School of Languages

  • 1. Department of Odia Language & Literature (DOLL) - Dr. Alok Baral, HoD(I/c)
  • 2. Department of English Language & Literature (DELL) - Sh. Sanjeet Kumar Das, HoD(I/c)
  • 3. Department of Hindi (DH) - Dr. Mayuri Mishra, Dept. (I/c)
  • 4. Department of Sanskrit (DSkt) - Sh. Kumuda Prasad Acharya, Dept. (I/c)

School of Social Sciences

  • 1. Department of Anthropology (DA) - Dr. Jayanta Kumar Nayak, HoD(I/c)
  • 2. Department of Economics (DE) - Sh. Prasant Kumar Behera, HoD(I/c)
  • 3. Department of Sociology (DS) - Dr. Kapila Khemundu, HoD (I/c)

School of Education & Education Technology

  • 1. Department of Journalism & Mass Communication (DJMC) - Dr. Prodosh Kumar Rath, HoD(I/c)
  • 2. Department of Teacher Education (DTE) - Dr. Ramendra Kumar Parhi, HoD(I/c)

School of Basic Sciences & Information Sciences

  • 1. Department of Computer Science (DCS) - Sh. Sushant Kumar, Dept. (I/c)
  • 2. Department of Mathematics (DM) - Sh. Jyotiska Datta, HoD(I/c)

School of Commerce and Management

  • 1. Department of Business Management (DBM) -

School of Biodiversity & Conservation of Natural Resources

  • 1. Department of Biodiversity & Conservation of Natural Resources (DBCNR) - Dr. Sharat Kumar Palita, Dean & HoD

School of Applied Science

  • 1. Department of Statistics (DSTAT) - Dr. Mahesh Kumar Panda, HoD (I/c)

Central library

Soon after the formal appearance of the Central Library in the year 2009, immediate emphasis was given for a good collection development on Text Books and Reference Books. Besides holding an excellent print collection of over 17500+ volumes of books, it also provides access to popular magazines, selected journals, theses, reports, e-books, e-journals and online databases in Sciences, Humanities, and Social Sciences. The library made a significant progress during the year 2011-12 by empanelling 16 vendors for supply of Books & Journals to give a boost to the procurement process. Apart from the procurement on print books, the Central Library achieved phenomenal progress in the subscription of e-resources by subscribing 8000+ e-resources (full text as well as bibliographical databases) to its digital collection making "24 x 7 Library" in real scene on the present campus of CUO @ Landiguda.


References
  1. "I Ramabrahmam appointed as Odisha Vice-Chancellor of Central University". The Hindu Business line. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  2. "Central University of Odisha Data for NIRF'2020'" (PDF). Central University of Odisha Feb 13, 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  3. "It's now Central University of Odisha". The Pioneer. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  4. http://www.cuo.ac.in/Document/Prospectus-2016-17.pdf
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