Devi Kandal Nityanada College

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About the College

Devi Kandal Nityanada College, Eranch is situated on the bed of pristine Dadhibhadra River. The institution is the brain child of some enterprising and enlightened local, who strived hard to fill the sphere of higher education in the remote island.

A public meeting was held in December 1979 at the market to chalk out plan of action for setting up a collage form beginning of the session 1980-81 in this area. Among those eminent personalities, they are Late Bijayram Acharya, Late Murali dhar Kanungo, and Late Gadadhara Nanda. In the meeting Late Muralidhar Kanungo and Gadadhar Nanda were unanimously selected as the President and secretary of the Governing Body respectively. Sri Nityananda Das, Mahanta Moharaj of Rasbihari Matha was gracious enough to become a donor member by extending his financial helping hand towards the recognition of the College Consistent efforts were made to mobilize funds from village and attempts were made to acquire land from govt. on the basis of lease deeds. The college started in the premises of L.N High School from 01.07.1980.the journey started with receiving concurrence from govt. to open. Intermediate Arts Classes with Pol. Sc, History, Economics, Odia and Hindi as optional Subjects from the Academic Session 1980-81 with 128 seats. College got its recognition and affiliation in the year 1980-81. The transition from I. A. to +2 took place in 1983-84.Due to the onrush of students seat in +2 arts was increased to 256 from the session 86-87. +2 Science was introduced in the year 1986-87 with 128 seats. +2 commerce was started in 1984-85 with 64 seats. The college was permitted to open +3 Arts with 128 seats from 1986-87.The College was permitted to open +3 Science with PCM having 64 seats along with Hons. In History, Political Science and Education in +3 Arts with 16 seats each in the year 1994-95. +3 Science was allowed to open CBZ with 32 seats in the year 2004-05. Further Hons. in Botany and Odia was opened with 16 seats each in the year 2006-07 .Permission was accorded to the college to open +3 commerece 64 seats in the year 2011-12 & Hons. in Accounting and Management in +3 commerce with 16 seats each from the session. It is no doubt opened a new vista in the academic curricular of the institution.