Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Utkal University is the oldest university in Orissa

Utkal University

Utkal University
Utkal 
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Motto"Seek The Highest Truth"
Established1943
TypePublic
ChancellorM. C. Bhandare
Vice-ChancellorPrasant Kumar Sahoo
LocationBhubaneshwar, Orissa, India
20°18′14″N 85°50′23″E / 20.303961°N 85.839647°E / 20.303961; 85.839647Coordinates: 20°18′14″N 85°50′23″E / 20.303961°N 85.839647°E / 20.303961; 85.839647
CampusUrban
AffiliationsUGC
Websitewww.utkal-university.org

Utkal University, Bhubaneswar is the oldest university in Orissa and the 17th oldest university in India. It is a teaching-cum-affiliating university that has produced some of the best brains in Orissa. There are at 26 post-graduate departments at the university campus for studies and research in disciplines of Science, Humanities, Business Administration, Social Science, Law and Commerce. There are nearly 3,000 students in the post-grad departments at Vani Vihar. This is the largest affiliating university in the country with 267 affiliated general colleges, 15 law colleges, six medical and pharmacy colleges.

History

After the separation of Orissa from Bihar and the creation of the new province of Orissa in April 1936, there was a strong desire among the leaders of the province for the establishment of a separate university in Orissa. Until 1936 all the colleges were under the jurisdiction of either Patna University or Andhra University. Subsequently the government of Orissa, with Shri Biswanath Das as the premier, appointed a committee on 2 March 1938 with Pandit Nilakantha Das as its chairman to examine the possibility of establishing a separate university in Orissa. During the premiership of Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati, who played a pioneering role in the establishment of the university, the recommendation of this committee was made available. Pandit Godavarish Mishra, the then minister of education in the government of Orissa introduced the Utkal University Bill which was passed by the Orissa Legislative Assembly on 30 June 1943. On receiving the Governor's assent subsequently on 2 August 1943, the Utkal University Act 1943 came into force, clearing the way for the foundation of the university on 27 November 1943.
In 1966 that Act was repealed and a new Utkal University Act came into effect from 1 January 1967. Initially Utkal University was operating from the Ravenshaw College, before it came to its own campus at Bhubaneswar, called Vani Vihar. Ravenshaw College remained affiliated to Patna University even after the separation of Orissa from Bihar in 1936; the affiliation was finally transferred to the newly created Utkal University in 1943. In fact, it was Ravenshaw College that gave birth to the new university, nursed and sustained it. It operated from Ravenshaw College's present Zoology Department building premises. The University has many departments from Anthropology to Zoology, for post-graduate teaching.

Main Gate

Goddess Saraswati

Parija Library

Main Park

Department of Computer Sc & Application

Evolution of the post graduate departments

The initial "Utkal University Act - 1943" did not specify clearly the territorial jurisdiction of the University. However its jurisdiction was extended to include the princely states in Orissa by an agreement between the rulers of these princely states and the Government of Orissa. According to the agreement adequate representation of the princely states in the administrative and academic bodies of the university (15 members in the Senate, one member each in the syndicate and the Academic Council) was granted. The Utkal University Act 1943 was accordingly amended in the year 1947 defining the territorial jurisdiction of the University which was subsequently extended further to the whole State of Orissa in 1950.
Dr. Pranakrushna Parija, principal of Ravenshaw College, Cuttack was the first vice-chancellor of the university. V. V. John, the assistant professor of English in Ravenshaw College was the first registrar. The university, to start with, functioned mainly as an affiliating body. In 1949, it took over the management of the undergraduate Department of Law from Ravenshaw College, Cuttack and established its first constituent college now known as Madhusudan Law College, Cuttack.
In 1956, the second phase of its expansion began with the opening of the post-graduate Department of Geology in Ravenshaw College Campus and the University College of Engineering, Burla, Sambalpur. A research Department of Rural Economics and Sociology was started the same year with a generous grant from the Ford Foundation. In 1957, two new post graduate departments in Philosophy and Sanskrit were established on the premises of the Burdwan House at Cuttack. That year the university office was shifted to the Circuit House at Cuttack. The University in the initial phases provided new facilities for post-graduate studies only in those subjects which did not exist in Ravenshaw College at that time.
In 1958, the post-grad departments of Psychology, Statistics, Political Science and Anthropology were established. While the first three departments were housed on the premises of Ravenshaw College, the Department of Anthropology was accommodated in a rented house at Bhubaneswar. The University took over the Post-graduate Department of History from Ravenshaw College in the year 1959. Post-Graduate studies in Zoology and Commerce were introduced in 1960 and 1962 respectively. The Research Department of Rural Economics and Sociology was established in 1956 and started Post-Graduate courses in Applied Economics in the year 1963. It was subsequently renamed as the Department of Analytical and Applied Economics. Around that time, a movement for the creation of regional universities started in different parts of Orissa. Accordingly, the Government of Orissa appointed the State University Committee in 1962 with Dr. P Parija, the then Vice-Chancellor of Utkal University as the Chairman.
On the recommendation of the Committee, two more universities were created; one at Sambalpur and the other at Berhampur. The Utkal University Act - 1943 was, in consequence, suitably amended to meet the new situation. The two new Universities at Sambalpur and Berhampur came into existence with effect from 1 January 1967; the date from which the new Utkal University Act came into force. The jurisdiction of Utkal University, which earlier covered the whole State of Orissa, was redefined in the new legislation. After the establishment of the two new Universities, the management of the Evening Colleges at Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur and Berhampur were taken over by the State Government. The Engineering College at Burla was handed over to Sambalpur University. Utkal University, in its new campus at Vani Vihar, opened few other Post-Graduate Departments such as Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Oriya and English during the years 1966-69. The Department of Sociology and Labour Welfare was started in 1970, which in the year 1974 was split into the Department of Sociology and the Department of Labour Welfare (now re-named as the Department of Personnel Management and Industrial Relations). The Department of Geography was opened in 1970. The Post-Graduate Department of Law (L.L.M.) was started in the year 1973.
The Department of Geology, which was accommodated earlier in Ravenshaw College was shifted to Vani Vihar in 1977. Then the Department of Library and Information Science and that of and Political Science Departments respectively, besides the 27 regular Post Graduate Programmes, along with Business Administration were opened in the year 1981 and in 1984. A Computer Centre was established initially with different departments of the University. IBM- 1130 computers were donated by the University Grants Commission in the year 1970 which has subsequently been placed by the WIPRO LANDMARK system at a cost of Rs.16 lakh provided later by the UGC. The Computer Centre, while facilitating research work undertaken by various departments of the University earlier offered a Post-Graduate Diploma Course (DCA) on Computer Application from 1980 to 1997. In 1990 the University opened the Department of Computer Science and Applications.
In the year 1999, the University came up with Integrated MCA course, which is a 5yr post-graduation course after 12th. This course went to become a huge hit after the students got placed in all the multi-nationals.
In the year 2001, the M.Sc. Computer Science course started up which was based on entrance selection based and enroll student must having prior computer bachelor degree such as B.Sc. Computer Science. This course become hugely successful with good student back ground, contemporary course structure and excellent placement record.
The Post Graduate Department of Biotechnology was started in the year 2002, and offers M.Sc. Biotechnology which is sponsored by The Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. The Department has started and established by the valuable efforts of Prof. GBN Chainy, Former Head of Dept. of Zoolgy and Biotechnology, Utkal Universty. This Department have a very productive laboratory with noticiable publication out puts every year in different appllied and basic areas of Biological Sciences. This Department offers Ph.D. and M.Sc. courses in different subject areas of Biotechnology.

 

Location

The campus is at the heart of Bhubaneswar city and right on NH-5. It is nearly 5 km from both the main railway station at MasterCanteen and bus stand at Baramunda. All the postgraduate departments and the Law College are inside the campus.
The foundation stone of the present campus was laid by Dr. Rajendra Prasad, the first President of India on 1 January 1958, and the campus was inaugurated by Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, the second President of India on 2 January 1963.

Superlatives

It has the largest space of universities in Bhubaneswar and is the most centrally located. It has one of the highest number of educational departments in India and is the state largest in this respect. The Integrated MCA, MCA, Law, Pharma and MFC departments are particularly of very high repute. The university has jurisdiction over nine districts in Orissa: Angul, Cuttack, Dhenkanal, Jajpur, Jagatsinghpur, Kendrapara, Khurda, Nayagarh and Puri, catering to the needs of higher education of a population of over 11 million people. It churns out some of the best minds in eastern India and a lot of people from this place play vital role in the state and national development in the later stages of their lives.

POST-GRADUATE DEPARTMENTS :

Sl.No.
DEPARTMENTS
01
Analytical and Applied Economics
02
Ancient Indian History, Culture and Archaeology
03
Anthropology
04
Biotechnology
05
Botany
06
Business Administration
07
Chemistry
08
Commerce
09
Computer Science and Applications
10
English
11
Geography
12
Geology
13
History
14
Law
15
Library and Information Science
16
Mathematics
17
Oriya
18
Personnel Management and Industrial Relations
19
Philosophy
20
Physics
21
Political Science
22
Psychology 
23
Public Administration
24
Sanskrit
25
Sociology
26
Statistics
27
Zoology
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SeLF-FINANCED SPONSORED COURSES :

SL. No.
COURSES
Schools /Departments
01
5 Yr. Integrated Master in Computer Science & Application School of Math.-Stat-Computer Science.
02
M. Tech. in Computer Science School of Math.-Stat-Computer Science.
03
P.G. Course in Environmental Science School of Life Science (Department of Botany)
04
P.G. Course in Applied & Industrial Micro Bio. School of Life Science (Department of Botany)
05
Master of Rural Development Department of Sociology
06
P.G Diploma in Yoga Education School of Languages
07
Master in Finance & Control Department of Commerce
08
5Yr.Integrated Course in M.B.A. Dept. of Business Administration
09
Master in Pharmacy University Department of Pharmaceutical Science
10
M.A. in Women Studies School of Women Studies (Political  Science)
11
P.G. Diploma in Remote Sensing and GIS Department of Geography
12
M.A. in Development Journalism & Electronic And Communication  Post-Graduate Council (Political Science).
13
M.Sc. in Computer Science Dept. of Computer Sc.& Application
14
3  Year Part Time M.B.A. Dept. of Business Administration
15
M.Sc. in Fisheries and Aquaculture School of Life Science (Zoology)


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 M.PHIL :

Serial. No.
DEPARTMENTS
No. Of Seats
01
Analytical & Applied Economics 
10
02
Ancient Indian History Culture & Archaeology
10
03
Anthropology 
10
04
Botany 
10
05
Chemistry
10
06
Commerce
10
07
English
10
08
Geography
10
09
Geology
08
10
History
08
11
Mathematics
10
12
Oriya
10
13
Personal Management And Industrial Relation
08
14
Philosophy
10
15
Physics
10
16
Political Science
10
17
Public Administration
08
18
Psychology
16
19
Sanskrit
10
20
Sociology
08
21
Statistics
06
22
Zoology
10
 

Out Line of the Course :

Course Structure for ME in Computer Science and Engineering with Specialization in Knowledge Engineering : 

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First Semester

Subject Code Subject Name Total Marks
ME, CSE (KE) 01.1 Mathematical Foundations for Knowledge Engineering 100
ME, CSE (KE) 01.2 Analysis and Design of Algorithm 100
ME, CSE (KE) 01.3 Artificial Intelligence and Natural Language Processing 100
ME, CSE (KE) 01.4 Distributed Operating System 100
ME, CSE (KE) 01.5 Advanced Computer Architecture 100
ME, CSE (KE) 01.6 Computer Programming Lab 50
ME, CSE (KE) 01.7 Software Engineering Lab 50
ME, CSE (KE) 01.8 Seminar 50
Total
650






 

 

 

SECOND SEMESTER


Subject Code Subject Name Marks
ME, CSE (KE) 02.1 Knowledge Engineering 100
ME, CSE (KE) 02.2 Digital Signal Processing 100
ME, CSE (KE) 02.3 Advanced Software Engineering 100
ME, CSE (KE) 02.4 High Speed Networks 100
ME, CSE (KE) 02.5 Data and Knowledge Mining 100
ME, CSE (KE) 02.6 NLP & DSP Lab 50
ME, CSE (KE) 02.7 Web programming Lab 50
ME, CSE (KE) 02.8 Seminar 50
Total
650

 THIRD SEMESTER

Subject Code Subject Name Total Marks
ME,CSE (KE) 03.1 Knowledge Management 100
ME,CSE (KE) 03.2 Multimodal Interface 100
ME,CSE (KE) 03.3 Elective – I 100
ME,CSE (KE) 03.4 Elective – II 100
ME,CSE (KE) 03.5 Elective – III 100
ME,CSE (KE) 03.6 Software Systems Lab – I 50
ME,CSE (KE) 03.7 Software Systems Lab – II 50
ME,CSE (KE) 03.8 Seminar 50
Total
650

 FOURTH SEMESTER


Subject Code Subject name Total marks
ME, CES, (KE) 4.1 Comprehensive Viva-Voce 100
ME, CES, (KE) 4.2 Thesis/Dissertation & Viva Voce 350 (300+50)
Total
450

Elective Courses :

  1. Image Processing Technology
  2. Speech Processing Technology
  3. Information Theory and Coding
  4. Knowledge Resource Exchange
  5. Knowledge Acquisition Techniques
  6. Innovative Cross-Lingual Applications
  7. Vedic Mathematics and Indic Knowledge Base
  8. Mobile Communication and Pervasive Computing
  9. Software System Architecture and Advanced Programming languages

The above list of elective is open and may be offered as per the availability of Resource Person.

 Research Projects undertaken: (Funded by DIT, MCIT, Govt. of India):
  1. Cross Lingual Information Access
  2. English to Oriya Machine Translation System
  3. Optical Character Recognition Suystem

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