Rayagada (Autonomous) College, Rayagada

Rayagada Autonomous College, Rayagada is a nongovernment aided college situated in Rayagada, the district headquarters of Rayagada district, Odisha, India. Established in 1966, it is one of the oldest private colleges in Orissa, formally inaugurated by Sadasiba Mishra, then Vice-Chancellor of Utkal University, on 4 July 1966. Sri P. K. Mishra served as its first principal. The college was initially affiliated with Utkal University, later Berhampur University, and since 1 June 2023 has been affiliated with Vikram Dev University at Jeypore, which took over jurisdiction of colleges in Rayagada, Koraput, Nabarangpur, and Malkangiri districts. It also falls under the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha. The college attained Autonomous Status in 2007, conferred by the University Grants Commission, and was accredited at Grade ‘B’ by NAAC in 2006. It offers Plus 2 and degree courses in Arts, Science, and Commerce streams, with various departments including Botany, Chemistry, Commerce, Economics, English, Hindi, History, Information Technology, Journalism & Mass Communication, Mathematics, Odia, and Physics, many of which were established in the late 1960s and 1970s. The college operates under the administrative control of the Department of Higher Education, Govt of Odisha, and the Governing Body of Vikram Dev University and the college itself.