Khemundi College, Digapahandi

About Khemundi College, Digapahandi

KHEMUNDI COLLEGE is situated on the foothills of Changudidei mountains, a part of the Vindyanchal mountain range, on the outskirts of Digapahandi in the district of Ganjam. Located in an idyllic surrounding and natural landscape, the area is the gateway to southern Orissa. Situated in an educationally and economically backward area, Digapahandi is thickly populated with Adibasi and Banabasi tribes. Digapahandi has a rich historical and cultural heritage as the Ganga dynasty rulers, who ruled the Khemundi State, were great lovers and patrons of music, art and literature. Luminaries like Kabisurya Baladev Rath, Kabi Krushna Srichandan, Parameswar Samantaray, Braja Sundar Patnaik, Damodar Pandit, Narasingha Martha, Bakrabaka Chakrapani Patnaik, Nilamani Bidyaratna to name a few, were the sons of this soil.

Against such historical, cultural and literary background, the College was established in the year 1978 to impart higher learning to the budding youths of this locality and its vicinity.

Khemundi College became fully aided in 1983 and presently imparts teaching in +3 Degree course in Arts and Science streams since 1986 and +3 Degree course in Commerce since 2016-17. Khemundi College was affiliated to the UGC U/S 12 (B) and 2 (F). Honours teaching facilities are available in Economics, History, Odia, Political Science, English, IRPM and Education in Arts stream.Geology, Mathematics, Physics and Information Technology, Chemistry, Botany, Zoology in Science stream and Accountancy in Commerce Stream.

The institution remains indebted to Sri Suryanarayan Patro, the President and the dynamic MLA of the area and Sri Muralidhar Pradhan, Principal, who are instrumental for its growth and drawing the attention of the UGC and making the College a nodal centre for higher learning and many UGC Programmes, such as Career Counselling, Entry into service coaching and Remedial coaching for the non-creamy layer.