Hon'ble Chancellor
Shri Hari Babu Kambhampati
Hon'ble Governor of Odisha, ex-officio Chancellor under the Odisha Universities Act. Assumed office of Governor on 3 January 2025.
State Public University · Established 1947 · Jurisdiction of Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur & Rayagada
Education as transformation, in the southern hills of Odisha.
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय From darkness, lead me to light (Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad).
Vikram Dev University is a State affiliating university serving over seventy-five government and private colleges across four districts of southern Odisha. Born from Jeypore College in 1947 and chartered as a university in 2023, the institution carries forward Maharaja Vikram Deo Verma's commitment to higher education for the tribal heartland of the Eastern Ghats.
- Established
- 1947
- University since
- 2023
- Affiliated colleges
- 75+
- Districts served
- 4
From the Vice-Chancellor
A learning-outcomes-first university for tribal Odisha
Prof. Hrushikesh Senapaty, the Vice-Chancellor, is a former Director of NCERT (2015–2022) and a UNESCO Expert on ICT in Teacher Education. He took office in April 2026 under the Odisha University (Amendment) Act 2024.
We do not measure a university by the buildings it raises but by the competence and confidence it grows in its students.
Statutory Leadership
Office holders
Vice-Chancellor
Prof. Hrushikesh Senapaty
Former Director, NCERT (2015–2022). UNESCO Expert on ICT in Teacher Education. Appointed by the Hon'ble Governor in April 2026.
Registrar
Shri Maheshwar Naik
Principal officer of administration, custodian of records, and convener of the Syndicate. Office of the Registrar handles affiliation, examinations, and statutory compliance.
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय
From darkness, lead me to light.
Bṛhadāraṇyaka Upaniṣad · I.iii.28
Academics & Research
Six faculty clusters, fifteen postgraduate departments, one teaching college
The University is structured around six academic clusters: Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Commerce & Management, Natural Sciences, Computer & Information Sciences, and Professional & Teacher Education. The constituent Vikram Deb College on campus delivers undergraduate teaching; postgraduate work is anchored on the main campus, with research extending into the affiliated colleges across the four districts.
Arts & Humanities
History (PG since 1979), English, Odia. The Department of Odia anchors the University's mother-tongue research and translation work.
Departments →Natural Sciences
Chemistry (PG since 1993–94), Physics, Mathematics, Botany, Zoology. Research in Eastern Ghats biodiversity and Koraput tribal medicine.
Departments →Social Sciences
Economics, Political Science, Sociology. Field research in scheduled-area governance and the KBK development index.
Departments →Commerce & Management
Commerce (PG since 1983–90), Business Administration (BBA, MBA). Industry linkages with NALCO, OMC, and MCL operating in the Koraput belt.
Departments →Computer & Information Sciences
Computer Science with research focus on language technology for low-resource Indian languages (Odia, Desiya, and tribal lects).
Departments →Teacher Education
B.Ed. and M.Ed. programmes for the four-district school system. Anchored to NCERT learning-outcome frameworks under the Vice-Chancellor's leadership.
Departments →Four Districts
Over seventy-five colleges. One academic standard.
The University holds affiliation authority across Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, and Rayagada, territory transferred from Berhampur University with effect from June 2023. Three of these districts carry statutory designation as scheduled areas under the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution.
Each affiliated college operates as a tenant of a unified academic, examination, and grievance system. Locate yours on the live district map.
- Koraput
- 32colleges
- Rayagada
- 18colleges
- Nabarangpur
- 14colleges
- Malkangiri
- 11colleges
Counts indicative; final list maintained at /affiliated-colleges/.
Campus
Recent events
A working register of seminars, workshops, and convocations across the four-district jurisdiction. Photographs from the Office of the Registrar.
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Latest notices
View all →- UG & PG Even-Semester Examination Time-Table 2026 Examinations
- PG Admission 2026–27: PG-SAMS portal opens 1 May 2026 Admissions
- Inaugural address by the Hon'ble Vice-Chancellor, date forthcoming Office of the VC
- APAAR / ABC ID: student submission window extended Academic
- Re-Addition notice: UG 6th, PG 4th Sem, B.Ed. 2nd Year Examinations
Tenders & recruitment
View all →- Supply of computer hardware, PG Computer Science laboratory Tender
- 02 Assistant Professor positions, Department of Odia Recruitment
- Annual rate contract, campus housekeeping & horticulture Tender
- Library subscription, e-resources consortium 2026–27 Tender
- Junior Technical Assistant, Examinations Section Recruitment
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Region & Heritage
A university rooted in the Eastern Ghats
Koraput is a country of weavers, brass-casters, painters, and storytellers. Kotpad handloom carries India's first GI tag for Odisha. Dhokra metalwork still flows from cire-perdue moulds in the villages around Jeypore. The Sabara Srikhetra at Koraput, built 1972, holds an open-gate Jagannath form unique to this region. Deomali, the highest peak in Odisha, looks down on every campus we serve.
The University does not treat this heritage as decoration. Our research programmes, our language work, and our Schools of Tribal Studies are built on it.
Useful portals
Government and academic gateways
Authoritative national and State portals that students, faculty, and the public are likely to need alongside the University.
- UGC MOOCs A vertical of SWAYAM swayam.gov.in
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Mo College
Department of Higher Education,
Government of Odisha dhe.odisha.gov.in - NPTEL National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning nptel.ac.in
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National
Digital Library
of India IIT Kharagpur · Ministry of Education ndl.iitkgp.ac.in -
Higher Education
Department Government of Odisha dhe.odisha.gov.in
Admissions are open for 2026–27
Undergraduate, postgraduate, B.Ed., and research programmes. Apply through SAMS / PG-SAMS portals operated by the Department of Higher Education, Government of Odisha.
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