Dharanidhar Autonomous College, Keonjhar

Dharanidhar Autonomous College Keonjhar was established in 1957, is one of the reputed autonomous college at Keonjhar Odisha. Situated on a large 54-acre plot, the college provides for 45 programs of study involving 15 degrees to its students. The college enables the opportunity and environment necessary to create excellence rostering 2060 students and faculty half strength as 23.

Dharanidhar Autonomous College is self-financing college, which has the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, namely NAAC accreditation besides being approved to implement its educational programs by the National Council for Teacher Education or NCTE. To add, to complement its academic activities the college has numerous great facilities.

Students have easy access to information through a well stocked middleSEX centre library that provides books and a reading hall for users. It boasts of highly equipped and advanced laboratories for different scientific specialization and afford impressive learning through practicality.

For the convenience of those students, the college offers separate hostels for boys and girls with proper exemption for accommodation. The campus has WLAN which helps the students to access internet services and other technological learning needs. Students interested in Sports can harness on Sports and games facilities that enhances physical prowess among the college going students fraternity.

Dharanidhar Autonomous College published a list of undergraduate and postgraduate courses like BA , B. Sc, B. Com, MA, M. Sc, M. Com and B. Ed etc. In this regard, the college offers M. Phil and Ph. D programs in subjects such as Chemistry and Geology to offer research ability to the students.

Further, professional programs including MBA, PGDCA and DTHM are provided to fit several and certain career interests of the society. The humanities and sciences are well represented in the courses offered in the college, and commerce and managerial courses are also offered in the college.

Admission in Dharanidhar Autonomous College for all the courses is done purely on the Merit acquired in the Qualifying Examinations. However for some of the courses such as B. Ed, many other procedures including entrance test or other selection modalities as dictated by the state government on behalf of the university may be used.