Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College

Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College, better known as BJB College,is a college in Bhubaneswar in Odisha, India that offers courses at primarily the higher secondary and undergraduate levels. The courses at the higher secondary level are affiliated to the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha, and courses at the undergraduate and postgraduate level are offered in affiliation with Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. It is an autonomous institution recognised by the University Grant Commission of India and enjoys the status of an A-Grade college as assessed by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council, an autonomous institution for assessment of educational institutions established by the University Grants Commission .DescriptionThe college is on an area of 28.13acre of land, near Kalpana Square, Bhubaneswar, on the highway connecting Cuttack and Puri in the southern part of the city. It is 3 km from the Biju Patnaik Airport, Bhubaneswar and 2 km from the railway station. It has three spacious buildings with an adequate number of classrooms, laboratories, library, a general hostel to accommodate 125 students, and the Dr. Ambedakar hostel having accommodation for 165 Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students. It has the newly built Junior hostel for students studying in junior college.The 22 departments of the undergraduate college offer three-year bachelor's degree courses in Humanities, Science, and Commerce streams. The college offers 15 subjects in B.A. Honours that includes Anthropology, Economics, Education, Geography, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Mathematics and Statistics, English, Oriya, Hindi, and Sanskrit. There are 8 subjects offered in B.Sc Honours courses including Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Computer Science, Botany, Zoology, Statistics, and Anthropology. In B.Com Honours, 2 subject options are available: Accountancy and Marketing Management. The college conducts four professional courses including P.G. Diploma in Computer Application (PGDCA), P.G. Diploma in Customer Contact Service Management (PGDCCSM), Certificate Course in Computer Concept (CCCC) and Certificate Course in Computer Based Business Accounting (CCCBBA). Recently some courses at the post-graduation level, such as Master of Social Work (MSW), M.A in Personnel Management & Industrial Relations (MA-PM&IR) and M.A in Tourism & Hospitality Management (MA-THM) have been initiated.