Utkal University
| Utkal University | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Motto | "Seek The Highest Truth" |
| Established | 1943 |
| Type | Public |
| Chancellor | M. C. Bhandare |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prasant Kumar Sahoo |
| Location | Bhubaneshwar, Orissa, India 20°18′14″N 85°50′23″E / 20.303961°N 85.839647°ECoordinates: 20°18′14″N 85°50′23″E / 20.303961°N 85.839647°E |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | www.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repealed and a new Utkal University Act came into effect from 1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 |
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 |
|
04
|
P.G. Course
in Applied & Industrial Micro Bio. |
|
05
|
Master of
Rural Development |
Department of
Sociology |
06
|
P.G Diploma
in Yoga Education |
|
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 |
|
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 |
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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 |
| 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 |
| 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 :
- Image Processing Technology
- Speech Processing Technology
- Information Theory and Coding
- Knowledge Resource Exchange
- Knowledge Acquisition Techniques
- Innovative Cross-Lingual Applications
- Vedic Mathematics and Indic Knowledge Base
- Mobile Communication and Pervasive Computing
- 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
- Cross Lingual Information Access
- English to Oriya Machine Translation System
- Optical Character Recognition Suystem
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