Overview of BJB Autonomous College:
This college is not affiliated to any Board, it is autonomous and the overall management of the college is vested with the State Government. However, at the institutional level, the Principal is responsible for day-to-day administration and is assisted by a Vice-Principal. Besides, the three major aspects of the organisation, namely the Academic, the Accounts and the Administrative affairs are supervised by three Senior Faculty members acting as Bursars.
B.J.B Autonomous College is one of the premier educational institutions of the State. It came into existence in 1957 through the initiative of the Government of Orissa. Named after Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar Bhramarabara Ray Mahapatra, the rebel extraordinary of pre-independent India, it is located over an area of 28.2 acres of land near Kalpana Square on the National Highway connecting Cuttack and Puri. It is situated at a distance of 3 k.ms from Biju Patnaik International Airport and 2 k.ms from Bhubaneswar railway station. It was an affiliated college of Utkal University till 1998. It has been functioning as an autonomous institution since 1999 following the conferment of autonomy by the UGC. The college was placed in Grade ‘A’ in 2004 after an assessment by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), an autonomous body of the University Grants Commission, New Delhi.
The Institution is an equal opportunity organisation of higher learning and noted for the dissemination of knowledge and skills in Science, Humanities and Commerce. The college is guided by the noble mission “Learning for Leadership”. It is engaged in preparing the talented youth as responsible and useful citizens by providing quality education through academic, cultural and physical activities.
Over the years the Institution has in terms of infrastructure, Student enrolment and subject options. Needless to say, in keeping with its fast expansion as a premier multi-faculty co-educational institution, it has earned the reputation of attracting the largest no. of emeritus students to its various programme of study from all over the state and outside.
