Sri Krushna Chandra Gajapati (Autonomous) college

About Us

The history of growth and development of the college is an account of the ardent zeal and dedicated endeavor of the former rulers of Paralakhemundi for the spread of education in Odisha. This illustrious institution was founded in 1896 under the munificent patronage of the Raja of Paralakhemundi Shri Shri Shri Goura Chandra Gajapati Narayana Deo. Although the idea of the establishment began in 1894 Nangu Sreenivas Rao, the then Head Master of M.R.B.H. School was given the charge in the same year. In the same year, it obtained affiliation as a second-grade college from Madras University. Due to the initiative and continued efforts by our foster father, Maharaja Sri Krushna Chandra Gajapati Narayana Deo the college was upgraded to the status of a first-grade college in 1936. Originally affiliated to the Madras University and then to the Andhra University, the college had the honor of being one of the first five affiliated colleges with which Utkal University started functioning in November 1943 On 2nd January 1967 Berhampur University came into being and since then the college is affiliated to it. The college campus is large and studded with different buildings. A Library Block with an Auditorium on the first floor was built in 1964-65. Extension of the main building, a two-storeyed block for the Humanities, an open-air stage, Geography Department, a cycle stand, a canteen, an animal house, and a workshop and acquisition of the Mission Bungalow, a spacious one and adjacent to the college, have enlarged the college campus.