Sambalpur University
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| Motto | बिद्याया विन्दतेःमृतम् ବିଦ୍ୟାୟା ବିନ୍ଦତେଃମୃତମ୍ Vidyaya Vindatemrutam (Sanskrit) |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1 January 1967 |
| Chancellor | Governor of Odisha S. C. Jamir |
| Vice-Chancellor | Prof. Chittaranjan Tripathy |
| Location |
Sambalpur, Odisha, India 20°28′23″N 85°53′28″E / 20.473°N 85.891°E |
| Campus | Jyoti Vihar, Sambalpur |
| Affiliations | UGC |
| Website | Sambalpur University |
Sambalpur University (Odia: ) is located at Sambalpur, India, in the Indian state of Odisha. Popularly known as Jyoti Vihar. It offers courses at the undergraduate and post-graduate levels. Governor of Odisha is the Chancellor of the university. The campus is located 15 km away from Sambalpur in Burla.
On 10 December 1966 the Sambalpur University Act was passed by the Odisha Legislature for establishment of a University in the Western part of Odisha. This institute started from 1 January 1967. The first Vice-Chancellor was Prof. Parasuram Mishra. The University started functioning in 1967 in a rented private building at Dhanupali, Sambalpur; then in a government building at Ainthapali, Sambalpur. In 1973 the University was shifted to the present campus named Jyoti Vihar at Burla.
It is also a designated 'Manuscript Conservation Centre' (MCC) under the National Mission for Manuscripts established in 2003.
The present campus of the University is located at Burla, 2 km away from NH 6. The campus of this university is in the vicinity of Mahanadi Coal Fields Limited, VSSUT and located on the foothills of the world-famous Hirakud Dam.
Sambalpur University is located at Burla, Western Odisha. The university is surrounded by dense forest and hills. This campus is very natural and beautiful. One can enjoy the green scenery during winter and rainy season. This varsity is well known as the knowledge hub of Western Odisha.
There are ten postgraduate hostels in the university campus out of which four are ladies’ hostels and six are men’s hostels. The university provides several facilities to the boarders in the hostels like common room with television, reading room with newspaper and magazine, guest room, first aid, STD telephone booth, etc. The central canteen has been opened near the hostel campus for the benefit of students. There are two nationalized banks, one post-office, one health center, one auditorium, one police-out post, one faculty house and one community center have been established in the university campus for providing services to students/teachers and employees in the campus.
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