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RAJENDRA UNIVERSITY

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RAJENDRA UNIVERSITY Rajendra University, Balangir, recognized by UGC as a State Public University, owes its origin to an Intermediate college setup in Balangir in 1944 by Maharaja Rajendra Narayan Sighdeo, the then ruler of the erstwhile Patna State and one of the former Chief Ministers of Odisha. This college was subsequently upgraded to a Degree college in 1946. It was granted autonomy with effect from April 1, 2002. It has been upgraded to a university with effect from September 1, 2020. The emblem of the university represents its spirit of modernity. It contains the name of the university and the year of its establishment along with three distinct symbols: the book representing the Faculty of Arts, the ship symbolising the School of Business and Commerce, and the scientific apparatus standing for the Department of Physical and Biological sciences. The open book is an emphatic pronouncement of the idea of continuous learning and the ceaseless pursuit of knowledge. The ship in