Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Sambalpur University is located at Sambalpur

Sambalpur University

Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar
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Established4 January 1967
TypeEducation and Research
ChancellorMr. M. C. Bhandare
Vice-ChancellorProf. Arun K Pujari
StudentsPost graduate and Research
LocationSambalpur, India
AffiliationsUGC
Websitewww.suniv.ac.in

Sambalpur University is located at Sambalpur, India in the Indian state of Orissa. Popularly known as Jyoti Vihar. It offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Governor of Orissa is the Chancellor of the university. The campus is located 15 km away from Sambalpur in Burla.

History

On 10 December 1966 Sambalpur University Act was passed by the Orissa Legislature for establishment of a University in the Western part of Orissa. This institute started from 1 January 1967. The first Vice-Chancellor of this varsity was Prof. Parsuram Mishra. First, the University started functioning in 1967 in a rented private building at Dhanupali, Sambalpur; then in a government building at Ainthapali, Sambalpur. In 1973 the University was shifted to the present campus named Jyoti Vihar at Burla.
It is also a designated 'Manuscript Conservation Centre' (MCC) under the National Mission for Manuscripts established in 2003.

Location

The present campus of the University is located at Burla, 2 km away from NH 6. The campus of this university is in the vicinity of Mahanadi Coal Fields Limited, VSSUT and located on the foothills of the world famous Hirakud Dam.

Infrastructure and Facilities

Sambalpur University is located at Burla, Western Orissa. The university is surrounded by dense forest and hills. This campus is very natural and beautiful. One can enjoy the green scenery during winter and rainy season. This varsity is well known as the knowledge hub of Western Orissa.
There are ten postgraduate hostels in the university campus out of which four are ladies’ hostels and six are men’s hostels. The university provides several facilities to the boarders in the hostels like common room with television, reading room with newspaper and magazine, guest room, first aid, STD telephone booth, etc. The central canteen has been opened near the hostel campus for the benefit of students. There are two nationalized banks, one post-office, one health center, one auditorium, one police-out post, one faculty house and one community center have been established in the university campus for providing services to students/teachers and employees in the campus.

Admission

Admission to PG Diploma, MA, M Sc., M Tech, M.Phil, and PhD courses are being conducted with an entrance examination. A smart number of candidates from various parts of the country/abroad come for this examination.

Courses :
Off Campus Courses
Post Graduate Courses
1.Master in Computer Application
2. Master in Business Administration
Under Graduate Courses
1.Bachelor in Computer Application


Post Graduate Diploma Courses
1. P.G. Diploma in Computer Application
On Campus Courses
Post Graduate Courses
1.Master in Business Administration
Post Graduate Diploma Courses
1. P.G.Dip. in Environmental Education and Management
2. P.G.Dip. in Remote Sensing and GIS
3. P.G.Dip. in Journalism and Mass Communication
4..P.G.Dip. in Industrial Chemistry
5. P.G.Dip. in Social Work and H.R.D
6. P.G. Dip. In Industrial Safety and Health
7. P.G.Dip. in Travel and Tourism Management
8. P.G.Dip. in Nutrition and Dietetics
9. P.G.Dip. in Women Studies
10. P.G.Dip. In Lib. Automation and Networking

Academics and Research

The postgraduate (PG) departments of Sambalpur University offers PG Diploma, MA, M Sc., M Tech, M.Phil, PhD, and D.Sc degrees. All the departments are actively involved in research and well equipped for research facility for NET/JRF/GATE students. This varsity offers a limited numbers of scholarships for bright students to pursue their research work in various fields. Many PG departments have been recognized as centre of excellence and have been receiving special grants for conducting cutting edge research. Various P.G. Depts are also working on DRS projects. Apart from this the university faculties have their own research projects funded by national and international agencies and the students are admitted as research fellows in such schemes. Following are the PG departments of Samabalpur University, Jyoti Vihar.
  • Anthropology: Social and Physical Anthropology
  • Business Administration
  • Chemistry: Inorganic, Organic , Physical and Industrial Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Earth Science:Remote Sensing, digital image processing, analysis of Rocks, Minerals and Water
  • Economics: The research areas are: Development Economics, Agricultural Economics, Political Economy, Applied Econometrics, Applied Economic Theory, Public Finance, Money & Finance, Macro Economics Theory, Applied Mathematical Economics, and Industrial Economics.
  • Electronics: Microwaves,Embedded System,DSP,Neural Network and Fuzzy logic, Instrumentation
  • English:Comparative Literature, Translation Studies, 18th Century British Fiction, American Literature, Post Colonial literature, Native American Studies, Linguistics & ELT, Indian English Literature. Students from various parts of western Orissa as well as from other parts of Orissa come here to study English Literature.
  • Environmental Science
  • History
  • Home Science
  • Journalism
  • Life Science
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Oriya
  • Political Science
  • Sociology
  • Statistics
  • Law
  • Library & Information Science
  • Sambalpuri Studies
  • Sambalpur University Institute of Information Technology

Central library

The central library of the university is known as Prof. B. Behera Central Library, which is located in the heart of the university. This library contains more than 160,000 books in various subjects, and also subscribes to a good numbers of periodicals in different disciplines. The library is partially automated using SOUL software. The library is also a member of UGC-Infonet.

The main entrance of Sambalpur University

Library Services :
The Library offers the following services:
• Reading Room for Text Books, Journals and Reference Books
• Reference services
• Photocopying
• Circulation of books
• Internet-based Information services
• Library Orientation
• Inter Library Loan

ResourcesThe Library houses a wide range of resources, which includes, as of dt. 27.11.2010, about
122523 books, about 4500 subscriptions to e-journals subscribed under the UGC-INFONET ejournal
consortium programme, 13 newspapers, 14, 323 bound volume and 1988 theses
besides 260 CDs. During the year 2010, books, journals and stacking materials worth Rs. 42,
11,464/- were purchased.

E-Journals through UGC-INFONETThe Library is a part of the UGC-INFONET E-Journal Consortium and the University academic
community is able to access over 4500 e-journal covering all the disciplines studied in this
University. The bandwidth has been raised to 2 MBPS by ERNET through the installation of a
leased line connection. E-journals are now available to all departments, hostels and faculty
residence through the Campus LAN.

Library AutomationLibrary Automation work is going on and in the first phase, it has been decided to automate
the Textbook Reading Room Unit. It has been decided to complete the automation of this
Unit by 20th December 2010. This will be a good opportunity for testing the software,
developed by the e-governance project. If everything goes well, the entire Central Library can
be computerized within a year. Steps are being initiated to digitize the doctoral theses of the
University soon.

Sambalpur University Publications (Books)
Sl Name of the Book Author/Editor
Price
Rs
1 West Orissa : A Study in Ethos
    Dr. M.S.Pati Rs.250/-
2 Mahabharata Katha (Part-III)
   Dr. N Panigrahi Rs.100/-
3 Tapaswini ( Hindi )
   Dr Harekrishna Meher Rs.150/-
4 Kabita Parameswari
   Dr Binod Chandra Nayak Rs.150/-
5 Sambalpuri (Koshali) Vyakarana
   Dr. N Panigrahi & Dr P K Tripathy Rs.150/-
6 Rama Raha ( Part I )
   Hemachandra Acharya Rs.250/-
7 Rama Raha ( Part II )
   Hemachandra Acharya Rs.250/-
8 Gangadhar Meher: : Selected Works
   Dr.M.S.Pati Rs.950/-
9 Sambalpurra Swadhinata Sangram
   Kumar Hasan Rs.250/-
10 Nrusingh Guru: The Freedom Fighter
     Dr.Chittaranjan Mishra Rs.125/-
11 Mahabharata Katha (Part-IV)
     Dr. N Panigrahi Rs.125/-
12 Sambalpur Bhasa Sahitya Sanskruti
     Dr.Adikanda Sahu Rs.300/-
13 Parbati Giri: The Freedom Fighter
     Dr.G.P.Guru Rs. 70/-
14 Mahabharata Katha - Vol.V (Part-A)
     Dr. N Panigrahi Rs 300/-
15 Mahabharata Katha - Vol.V (Part-B)
     Dr. N Panigrahi Rs.300/-
16 Mahabharata Katha - Vol.VI
     Dr. N Panigrahi Rs.125/-
17 Bhaba Taraka
     Dr.P.M.Nayak Rs.260/-
18 Narada Gita
     Dr.P.M.Nayak Rs.190

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