Utkal University Bhubaneswar |
The Utkal University, established in the year 1943, is the seventeenth oldest University in India. Utkal University present campus at Vani Vihar, BHUBANESWAR is located on a sprawling 399.9 Acre area in the heart of BHUBANESWAR, with the Sainik School to its north, National High way No.5 to its south, Regional Research Laboratory and Institute of Physics to its west and the South Eastern Railway line to its east. The Foundation stone of this Campus was laid by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India on 1st January 1958 and the Campus was inaugurated by Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, the second President of India on 2nd January 1963. This is a teaching-cum-affiliating University. There are at present twenty-seven Post-Graduate Departments located in the University Campus for Post-Graduate studies and research in various disciplines of Science, Humanities ,Business Administration, Social Science, Law and Commerce. The total number of students in the P.G. Department of the campus at Vani Vihar is nearly 3,000. This is in fact the largest affiliating University in the country with approximately 267 affiliated Colleges (Degree Colleges-219, Professional College-44, Other Constituent Colleges-2) under its jurisdiction.Utkal University has now the jurisdiction over 9 districts, viz, Angul, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Khurda, Nayagarh and Puri and is spread over an area of 24,973 sq. kilometers catering to the needs of higher education of a population of more than 110 lakhs.At present Utka University has twenty-seven Post-Graduate teaching and research departments located within the campus and three constituent Institutions, viz. Directorate of Distance and Continuing Education, University Law College at Vani Vihar and M.S. Law College at Cuttack. Besides the regular courses, twenty-six sponsored courses are offered under the direct academic control of the P.G. Council of the University.
Contact Address
Vice-Chancellor 0674-2582817 0674-2581354
Registrar 0674-2581387
Comptroller of Finance 0674-2585863
Controller of Examinations 0674-2588852
Development Officer 0674-2584018
Director Students' Welfare 0674-2581280
Director CDC 0674-2581828
Director, DDCE 0674-2585574
Director, Academic Staff College 0674-2581306
Deputy Registrar(Gen) 0674-2588118
Deputy Registar( Spl. Cell) 0674-2584089
Chief Librarian 0674-2583421
Medical Officer 0674-2583940
Chairman, P.G.Council 0674-2584036
Warden, P.G.Hostels 0674-2580288
EPBX 0674-2580729/732/735