Central University of Odisha


Central University of Odisha, formerly Central University of Orissa, was established by parliament under the Central Universities Act, 2009 by Government of India, situated at Sunabeda Town, Koraput District in the Indian state of Odisha. The territorial jurisdiction of the university is whole of the Odisha state.

History

The university was established in 2009 as Central University of Orissa, by parliament under the Central Universities Act. It is one of 20 new Central Universities established by the Government of India during the UGC XI Plan period to address the concerns of "equity and access" and as per the policy of the Government of India to increase the access to quality higher education by people in less educationally developed districts which have a Graduate Enrollment Ratio of less than the national average of 11%.
Surabhi Banerjee was the first and founding Vice Chancellor of the university.
In August 2019 it was renamed Central University of Odisha through the Central Universities Act, 2019.

University area

The site is located in village Chikapar and Chakarliput coming under Sunabeda NAC. It is close to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, Sunabeda. A road constructed over the acquired land of Indian Navy for the purposes of the Naval Armament Depot joins the proposed site from N.H. 43 at the point of Sunabeda Junction-1. Dumuriput railway station is 5 km from Sunabeda-1 Junction. Damanjodi railway station is 15 km. Koraput railway station is 25 km. The land size is 450 acres spreading over village Chikapar and the adjoining Chakarliput.

School and Department

School of Languages
School of Social Sciences
School of Education & Education Technology
School of Basic Sciences & Information Sciences
School of Commerce and Management
School of Biodiversity & Conservation of Natural Resources
School of Applied Science
Soon after the formal appearance of the Central Library in the year 2009, immediate emphasis was given for a good collection development on Text Books and Reference Books. Besides holding an excellent print collection of over 17500+ volumes of books, it also provides access to popular magazines, selected journals, theses, reports, e-books, e-journals and online databases in Sciences, Humanities, and Social Sciences. The library made a significant progress during the year 2011-12 by empanelling 16 vendors for supply of Books & Journals to give a boost to the procurement process. Apart from the procurement on print books, the Central Library achieved phenomenal progress in the subscription of e-resources by subscribing 8000+ e-resources to its digital collection making "24 x 7 Library" in real scene on the present campus of CUO @ Landiguda.