Fakir Mohan University

Motto in English	Knowledge is Nectar
Type	Public
Established	11 July 1999; 24 years ago (11 July 1999)
Accreditation	UGC
Chancellor	Governor of Odisha
Vice-Chancellor	Santosh Kumar Tripathy
Academic staff	112[1]
Students	1,637[1]
Postgraduates	1,473[1]
Doctoral students	164[1]
Location	Balasore, Odisha , India 21°32′38″N 86°48′57″E / 21.5440°N 86.81592°E / 21.5440; 86.81592
Website	fmuniversity.nic.in

Fakir Mohan University (FM 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 (Act 5 of 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 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 (at 21°30′22″N 86°53′28″E / 21.50614°N 86.89101°E / 21.50614; 86.89101, around 3 km (1.9 mi) from Balasore bus stand and railway station) and the new campus at Nuapadhi (at 21°32′38″N 86°48′57″E / 21.5440°N 86.81592°E / 21.5440; 86.81592, around 15 km (9.3 mi) from Balasore bus stand and railway station). In March 2021 Union minister Pratap Chandra Sarangi inaugurated New Marine Bioresource and Biotechnology Centre at University Balasore campus.^[2]

Colleges

FM University affiliates 96 colleges including two autonomous i.e., FM autonomous college and Bhadrak autonomous college, one medical college and 14 professional colleges. Its jurisdiction extends over two districts Balasore and Bhadrak.^[3]

Departments

1. Dept. of Physics
2. Dept. of Bioscience and Biotechnology
3. Dept. of Botany
4. Dept. of Business Management
5. Dept. of Chemistry
6. Dept. of Commerce
7. Dept. of Computer Science
8. Dept. of Education
9. Dept. of Environmental Science
10. Dept. of Geography
11. Dept. of Geology
12. Dept. of History & Archaeology
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. Dept. of Library Science
20. Dept. of Micro Biology
21. Dept. of Anthropology
22. Dept. of PMIR
23. Dept. of MSW
24. Dept. of Psychology

Facilities

The university has a computer lab, bioscience (botany & zoology) and biotechnology lab, BIF- computer lab (at Dept. of Biosciences and Biotechnology), environmental science lab and Physics lab.

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.

Notable alumni

• Gopanarayan Das