Prananath College (Autonomous), Khordha
Prananath College (Odia: ପ୍ରାଣନାଥ ମହାବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ) is a prestigious college of Odisha, present in outskirts of the city of Bhubaneswar. The college owes its origin to the devoted and tenacious efforts of the great soul Late Prananath Patnaik.
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1959 |
Academic affiliation | NAAC - "A", UGC - CPE |
| Students | 6000 |
| Location | , 752056 , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Affiliations | Utkal University |
| Website | pnautonomouscollege.in |
The college is Affiliated to Utkal University. The college has got autonomous status from UGC and holds NAAC "A" grade.[1]
History[edit]
The foundation stone of the college was laid by the then Union Minister of Education, Prof. Humayun Kabir. The institution was named as “Khurda College” and Late Prananath Patnaik became its Founder Secretary. The college began functioning primarily as an Arts college with provision for teaching Pre-University Arts course, for which affiliation was granted by the Utkal University. In the first year (1959–60), there were only 64 students. A master plan was prepared for the present main teaching block in 1962. The institution became a Degree College in Arts in the year 1963 and the provision was made for teaching Pre-University Science Course in 1964, Pre-Professional Course in 1967, Honours Courses in History & Oriya in 1968, B.Sc. with teaching facilities in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and Honours Course in Economics & Pol.Sc. in 1970; teaching facilities in Botany and Zoology and Pre-University Commerce Course and Honours Course in English were opened subsequently.
In the year 1970, the Founder Secretary passed away. After his sad demise the College was named as PRANANATH COLLEGE in November 1970, in the fond memory of our beloved founder.
In 1972 Degree Course in Commerce, in 1973 Honours Courses in Philosophy, Physics and Chemistry, in 1974 Honours Courses in Botany & Zoology, in 1979 Commerce Honours (Accountancy Group), in 1980 Honours Course in Psychology and in 1981 Honours Course in Education and Mathematics were started.
Higher Secondary (Plus Two) Courses were opened simultaneously in Arts, Science and Commerce from the academic session 1983–84 and the institution got affiliated to the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Orissa in the same year.
Post Graduate Courses in M.Sc., Computer Science & M.A. in Personnel Management and Industrial relation were opened in the session 2009–10 and Government of Odisha accorded due recognition to the course in December 2010 and due affiliationin 2011 w.e.f-2009.
Location[edit]
The college is present outskirts of the city of Bhubaneswar. It is about 7 km from Khurdha road Junction railway station and about 5 km from Khurda Bus stand.
Departments[edit]
The college runs three streams: Science, Arts, and Commerce, and some self financing course.
Faculty of Science[edit]
Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Electronics, Computer science
Faculty of Arts[edit]
Anthropology, English, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Hindi, Mathematics, Oriya, Philosophy, Political science, Psychology, Sociology, Statistics, Sanskrit.
Faculty of Commerce[edit]
Academic Programs[edit]
U.G Degree Courses in Science, arts and Commerce leading to master's degree are provided by the college.
B.Sc (Hons) in Mathematics, Botany, Zoology, Physics, Chemistry, Geology, Geography, Electronics, and Computer Science
B.Com (Hons) in Accounting, Finance and Marketing
B.A (Hons) in History, Philosophy, Education, Physiology, Hindi, Odia, Sanskrit, Political Science and Economics
BBA (Hons)
M.Sc in Computer Science, Applied Geology
M.A in Education, PM & IR
M.Com
Jayee Rajguru Library[edit]
The library has a collection of 25,000 text & reference books.
Alma Mater[edit]
Samir Mohanty - Politician, currently BJP Odisha State President
References[edit]
- ↑ "PN (Prananath) College +3 results published". The Pioneer, 11 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-02-13.
Coordinates: 20°27′31″N 85°54′07″E / 20.458722°N 85.902016°E
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