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{{Short description|University in Odisha, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Maa Manikeshwari University
| former_name = Kalahandi University (2020–2023)
| image = Maa Manikeshwari University Logo.png
| motto = Satyam Gyanam Bruhat
| established = {{start date and age|1960|07|18}} (as college)<br/>{{start date and age|2020|09|01}} (as University)
| type = [[Public university|Public]]
| chancellor = [[Governor of Odisha]]
| vice_chancellor = Pawan Kumar Agrawal
| city = [[Bhawanipatna]], [[Odisha]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{Coord|19.9191562|N|83.1742437|E|format=dms|region:IN-OR_type:edu|display=title, inline}}
| students =
| campus = [[Urban areas|Urban]]<br /> {{small|(96.47 acres)}}
| affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pradhan|first=Hemanta|date=19 Aug 2021|title=UGC grants recognition to Kalahandi University|work=[[The Times of India]] 08:45 IST|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/ugc-grants-recognition-to-kalahandi-university/articleshow/85446115.cms|access-date=19 Aug 2021}}</ref>
| website = {{URL|https://kalahandiuniversity.ac.in/}}
}}

'''Maa Manikeshwari University''' (erstwhile '''Kalahandi University''') is a state public university located in [[Bhawanipatna]], the district headquarters of [[Kalahandi]] district of [[Odisha]], India<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gacbhawanipatna.org/index.asp|title=Government College (Autonomous), Bhawanipatna|website=gacbhawanipatna.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2019/mar/07/bhawanipatna-college-gets-unitary-varsity-status-1947840.html |title = Bhawanipatna College gets unitary varsity status | publisher = The New Indian Express, 17 March 2019 |access-date = 2019-03-17}}</ref>

==History==
The University started as Kalahandi Science College on 18 July 1960 under private management till 30 September 1961. It was taken over by the [[Government of Odisha]] on 1 December 1961 as '''Government Science College'''. The degree classes started in 1982. It was conferred with the status of an autonomous educational institution in 2002. On 1 September 2020, it was upgraded to an affiliating university by the Odisha state government as '''Kalahandi University'''. The University serves as a higher educational centre in the KBK (Kalahandi-Bolangir-Koraput) region.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kalahandiuniversity.ac.in/history/|title=History|publisher=www.kalahandiuniversity.ac.in|date= |accessdate=2022-11-06}}</ref>

On 28 December 2023, Odisha CM [[Naveen Patnaik]] approved to change the name of University to ''Maa Manikeshwari University''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/kalahandi-university-named-after-maa-manikeswari/articleshow/106388623.cms|title=Kalahandi University Named After Maa Manikeswari|publisher=The Times of India|date=2023-12-30 |access-date=2024-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/2024/Feb/19/guest-faculty-runs-show-in-odishas-maa-manikeswari-varsity|title=Guest faculty runs show in Odisha's Maa Manikeswari varsity|publisher=The New Indian Express|date=2024-02-19 |accessdate=2024-04-19}}</ref>

==Academics==
The Institution offers UG, PG and P.H.D courses in 16 different subjects.

* Anthropology
* Botany
* Chemistry
* Commerce
* Economics
* Education
* English
* Geography
* History
* Mathematics
* Odia
* Physics
* Political Science
* Sanskrit
* Sociology
* Zoology

==Affiliated colleges==
The university has jurisdiction over colleges in [[Kalahandi district|Kalahandi]] and [[Nuapada district]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=26 October 2019|title=Odisha Govt established Kalahandi University by altering the territorial jurisdiction of Sambalpur University|work=Odisha Diary Bureau|url=https://orissadiary.com/odisha-govt-established-kalahandi-university-altering-territorial-jurisdiction-sambalpur-university/amp/|access-date=6 Nov 2022}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Name !! Location
|-
| +3 Degree College Karlapada, Kalahandi || rowspan="21" |Kalahandi
|-
| Chandrika Jain Degree College, Borda, Kalahandi
|-
|[[Dharamgarh Women’s College]]
|-
| Government Women’s College, Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi
|-
| Indrabati Mahavidyalaya (+3 stream) Jaipatna, Kalahandi
|-
| Jay Prakash Sandhya Mahavidyalay Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi
|-
| Jagannath Degree College, Risida
|-
| Kalahandi Training College, Bhawanipatna
|-
| Kesinga Mahavidyalaya, Kesinga, Kalahandi
|-
| Maa Heera Neela Degree Mahavidyalaya, Biswanathpur, Kalahandi
|-
| Madanpur Rampur College, M.Rampur, Kalahandi
|-
| Maharani Kasturika Modini Devi (+3) Mahavidyalaya Kalampur, Kalahandi
|-
| Panchyat College, Dharamgarh, Kalahandi
|-
| Panchyat Mahavidyalaya (Degree College) Belkhandi, Kalahandi
|-
| Panchayat Samiti College, Koksara, Kalahandi
|-
| Panchayat Samiti Degree College, Narla, Kalahandi
|-
| Priyadarshini Indira Degree College, Junagarh, Kalahandi
|-
| Sarbamangala Degree College, Golamunda, Kalahandi
|-
| Anchalik Bastareni Degree Mahavidyalaya, Sanchergaon, Kalahandi
|-
| Amar Mahavidyalaya, Kusurla, Kalahandi
|-
| Saraswati Institute of Information Technology, Bhawanipatna, Kalahandi (waiting affiliation)
|-
| +3 Degree College, Sinapali, Nuapada || rowspan="7" |[[Nuapada district|Nuapada]]
|-
| Shree Sai Degree College, Kurumpuri, Nuapada
|-
| Biju Patnaik Degree College, Boden, Nuapada
|-
| Kshyama Meher Degree College, Tukla, Nuapada
|-
|[[Khariar College|Khariar College, Khariar, Nuapada]]
|-
| Lokadrusti College of advance Technology (LCAT) Godramunda, Nuapada
|-
| National College, Nuapada
|-
| Panchayat Samiti 3 DegreeCollege, Komna, Nuapada

|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Universities in Odisha}}
{{Department of Higher Education, Odisha}}
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[[Category:Department of Higher Education (Odisha)]]
[[Category:Autonomous Colleges of Odisha]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges in Odisha]]
[[Category:Kalahandi district]]
[[Category:1960 establishments in Orissa]]
[[Category:Universities and colleges established in 1960]]

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