Maa Manikeshwari University (erstwhile Kalahandi University) is a state public university located in Bhawanipatna, the district headquarters of Kalahandi district of Odisha, 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 Naveen Patnaik 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.
Name Location +3 Degree College Karlapada, Kalahandi Kalahandi Chandrika Jain Degree College, Borda, Kalahandi Dharamgarh Women’s College Government Women’s College, Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi Indrabati Mahavidyalaya (+3 stream) Jaipatna, Kalahandi Jay Prakash Sandhya Mahavidyalay Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi Jagannath Degree College, Risida Kalahandi Training College, Bhawanipatna Kesinga Mahavidyalaya, Kesinga, Kalahandi Maa Heera Neela Degree Mahavidyalaya, Biswanathpur, Kalahandi Madanpur Rampur College, M.Rampur, Kalahandi Maharani Kasturika Modini Devi (+3) Mahavidyalaya Kalampur, Kalahandi Panchyat College, Dharamgarh, Kalahandi Panchyat Mahavidyalaya (Degree College) Belkhandi, Kalahandi Panchayat Samiti College, Koksara, Kalahandi Panchayat Samiti Degree College, Narla, Kalahandi Priyadarshini Indira Degree College, Junagarh, Kalahandi Sarbamangala Degree College, Golamunda, Kalahandi Anchalik Bastareni Degree Mahavidyalaya, Sanchergaon, Kalahandi Amar Mahavidyalaya, Kusurla, Kalahandi Saraswati Institute of Information Technology, Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi (waiting affiliation) +3 Degree College, Sinapali, Nuapada Nuapada Shree Sai Degree College, Kurumpuri, Nuapada Biju Patnaik Degree College, Boden, Nuapada Kshyama Meher Degree College, Tukla, Nuapada Khariar College, Khariar, Nuapada Lokadrusti College of advance Technology (LCAT) Godramunda, Nuapada National College, Nuapada Panchayat Samiti 3 DegreeCollege, Komna, Nuapada
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