Dharanidhar College

Dharanidhar is a college in the district of Keonjhar in the Indian state of Orissa. The region around the college has extensive forests, mountains, streams and falls. It is rich with plenty of mineral resources, abundant flora and fauna, besides a sizeable tribal population with their varied dialects, language and culture. To be specific, the celebrated Gandhamardan mountain range, described in the epic, Ramayan as a unique source of the herbal medicines and Sitabinj, the Ajanta of Orissa and the mountain Gonasika, allowing the sacred river Baitarani to stream out, lie nearby.

The college was established, due to noble efforts of the local elite and the unflinching support of the district administration in 1957 as an intermediate science college. It was headed by the ten Collector R. Venkatraman, IAS granted affiliation by the Utkal University, the then only University of the state, the same year; with the name Keonjhar Science College.

Present Status

The whole main building of the college, spanning more than ten thousand square feet of plinth area and solid concrete structure with provision for almost all necessary facilities was donated by a benevolent elite, Muhammad Shrajuddin of Keonjhar. The college was taken over by the Government of Orissa in 1962, and on opening of the faculty of the humanities in 1967, it was renamed Keonjhar College. During 1983-84, the institution was changed into the present name, after the name of Bhuyan Dharanidhar, a renowned revolutionary whose voice against feudalism of his age, has been instance and inspiration for uprise in this region, during the later national movement for independence. In 1999 the college has been affiliated to the North Orissa University, located at Baripada, in the adjoining district of Mayurbhanj. Autonomous status has been conferred to the college on 24.09.2004 The College has been accredited B+ grade by the NAAC on 02.02.2006

ACADEMICS

The college offers teaching at the under graduate level in subjects like Anthropology, English, Economics, History, Philosophy, Political science, Oriya and Sanskrit in humanities stream, in commerce and in Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Geology, Mathematics, Physics and Zoology in Science stream. Beside it offers P.G teaching in Political Science, Commerce, Chemistry and Geology.

COURSES

Courses being offered at the Undergraduate level with basic information

• Arts Stream: (128 seats)
• Honours Sanctioned seats
  • Anthropology 16
  • English 16
  • Economics 32
  • Political Science 32
  • History 16
  • Mathematics 16
  • Sanskrit 16
• Science Stream: (160 seats)
• Physical Science- 88 seats
• Honours Sanctioned seats
  • Chemistry 16
  • Geology 40
  • Physics 16
  • Mathematics 16
• Biological Science- 40 seats
  • Botany 20
  • Zoology 20
• Computer Science ( Self-financing) - 32 seats
• Commerce Stream : (128 seats)
• Courses being offered at the Post-graduate level with basic information
  • Geology 8 seats
  • Chemistry 16 seats
  • Commerce 16 seats
  • Political Science 32 seats