Fakir Mohan University

Fakir Mohan University

Motto	अमृतं तु विद्या (Sanskrit)
Motto in English	Knowledge is Nectar
Type	Public
Established	3 July 1999
Chancellor	Governor of Odisha
Vice-Chancellor	Dinabandhu Sahoo[1]
Academic staff	112[2]
Students	1,637[2]
Postgraduates	1,473[2]
Doctoral students	164[2]
Location	Balasore , Odisha , India 21°29′29″N 86°55′55″E / 21.491389°N 86.931944°E / 21.491389; 86.931944Coordinates: 21°29′29″N 86°55′55″E / 21.491389°N 86.931944°E / 21.491389; 86.931944
Campus	Vyasa Vihar (Old Campus), Nuapadhi (New Campus)
Affiliations	UGC, AICTE, AIU, NAAC
Website	www.fmuniversity.nic.in

Fakir Mohan University entrance

Fakir Mohan University (FM University) is named after prominent Odia writer Fakir Mohan Senapati. The seat of the Vice-Chancellor is in the new campus located at Nuapadhi, Balasore, Odisha, India.

History[]

This university was established by the Government of Odisha, under Section 32 of the Odisha Universities Act, 1989 (Act 5 of 1989). It has been accredited by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) since 2000 and is a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), UK.

It was carved out of the Utkal University in 1999 and acts as an affiliating university. FM University has 92 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.

PG Department of Applied Physics and Ballistics

Campuses[]

FM University is functioning in two campuses: the old campus at Januganj, besides the National Highway near Remuna Golei (around 3 km from Balasore bus stand and railway station) and the new campus at Nuapadhi (around 15 km from Balasore bus stand and railway station). On March 2021 Union minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi inaugurated New Marine Bioresource and Biotechnology Centre at University Balasore campus.^[3]

Collaborations/linkages with national institutions[]

• The Department of Information and Communication Technology has established linkage with Proof and Experimental Establishment, and Integrated Test Range, Balasore in undertaking research.
• The Department of Applied Physics & Ballistics offers M.Sc. in Applied Physics & Ballistics with active support from Proof and Experimental Establishment.
• Other departments have also established linkage with local industries for research and consultancy.
• Bilateral collaboration with University of Rome Tor Vergata for research on Biodeterioration of stone monuments of cultural heritage and their conservation.

Departments[]

1. Dept. of BBA(hons)
2. Dept. of Biotech and Bioscience
3. Dept. of Botany
4. Dept. of Business Management
5. Dept. of Chemistry
6. Dept. of Commerce
7. Dept. of Education
8. Dept. of Environmental Science
9. Dept. of Geography
10. Dept. of Geology
11. Dept. of History & Archaeology
12. Dept. of Information and Communication Technology
13. Dept. of Journalism & Mass Communication
14. Dept. of Language and Literature
15. Dept. of Mathematics
16. Dept. of Population Studies
17. Dept. of Social Science
18. Dept. of Zoology
19. Master of Law (LL.M)
20. Directorate of Distance and Continuing Education (FMU-DDCE)

Dept. of Applied Physics and Ballistics

Facilities[]

The university has Computer lab, Bioscience (Botany & Zoology) and Biotechnology lab, BIF- Computer lab (at Dept. of Biosciences and Biotechnology), Environmental Science lab and Applied Physics & Ballistics lab.

PG Department of Social Sciences

There is a centralised computer centre, central library with internet connection (12 hrs open).

Welfare facilities include UCO bank, two ATMs (SBI and UCO), 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.

References[]

External link[]

• Official website