Fakir Mohan University


Fakir Mohan University is a state university located at Nuapadhi, Balasore, Odisha, India. It is named after Odia writer Fakir Mohan Senapati.

History

This university was established by the Government of Odisha, under Section 32 of the Odisha Universities Act, 1989. It was carved out of the Utkal University in 1999 and acts as an affiliating university. Professor Gorachand Patnaik, an eminent educationist of the state and a former principal of Ravenshaw College, is the founding Vice Chancellor of the university. FM University has 93 colleges and 15,000 students at the graduate and postgraduate levels. It is the only university in India that offers a postgraduate course in Ballistics.

Campuses

FM University is functioning in two campuses: the old campus at Januganj, besides the National Highway near Remuna Golei and the new campus at Nuapadhi.
In March 2021, Union minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi inaugurated New Marine Bioresource and Biotechnology Centre at the university's Balasore campus.

Colleges

FM University affiliates 96 colleges and 14 professional colleges including two autonomous colleges: FM Autonomous College, and Bhadrak Autonomous College. Its jurisdiction extends over Balasore and Bhadrak districts.

Departments

  1. Dept. of Atmospheric Science
  2. Dept. of Physics
  3. Dept. of Bioscience and Biotechnology
  4. Dept. of Botany
  5. Dept. of Business Management
  6. Dept. of Chemistry
  7. Dept. of Commerce
  8. Dept. of Computer Science
  9. Dept. of Education
  10. Dept. of Environmental Science
  11. Dept. of Geography
  12. Dept. of Geology
  13. Dept. of History & Archaeology
  14. Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communication
  15. Dept. of Language and Literature
  16. Dept. of Mathematics
  17. Dept. of Population Studies
  18. Dept. of Social Science
  19. Dept. of Zoology
  20. Dept. of Library Science
  21. Dept. of Micro Biology
  22. Dept. of Anthropology
  23. Dept. of PMIR
  24. Dept. of MSW
  25. Dept. of Applied Psychology

    Facilities

The university has a computer lab, bioscience and biotechnology lab, BIF- computer lab, environmental science lab and Physics lab.
There is a centralised computer centre, central library with Internet connection.
Welfare facilities include UCO bank, two ATMs, one canteen, a common gym for both boys and girls, a mini indoor stadium, one cricket field, one volley field, one boys hostel, two girls hostel, staff quarters and a guest house.

Notable alumni