Department of History

The department of History was opened in 1981 along with the establishment of the college. The department started to impart Honours teaching from 1984.

There are 332 students reading History either as Pass or Honours or Elective subject including 44 Honours students. Most of the students are female and they belong to adjoining rural area.

The department has established a glorious record of its own. During 25 years of its existence, one student has secured the First position and was awarded Ghanashyam Das, memorial Gold Medal in 2005 under Sambalpur University.  The department has close collaboration with the P.G. department of History of Sambalpur University.

Apart from lecture method of teaching, the department organizes study tours to different historical places in the state. The students are also given scope to visit the site of excavations keeping in view their syllabus ‘Heritage of Art and Architecture’. In fact these provide first hand information to the students.

The department has its own Seminar Library containing 42 number of books and 728 no: of books are available in Central Library on this subject.

The faculty members of the department are involved in research activities. Mr. D.K. Gour, who is a Senior Lecturer, has obtained Ph.D. Degree in 2004 from Sambalpur University. Most of the faculty members are the members of Orissa and Indian History Congress. They regularly attend the Congress and different Conferences at State and National level. A few articles have also been published in the proceedings of the Congress. The Department has a close association with the various libraries all over the country.

The department organized a State level U.G.C. Sponsored Conference on “Freedom Movement in Orissa: Contribution of Bargarh District” in February, 2005. Besides, the department holds Seminar at least once in a month during the academic session. It also invites resource persons to deliver talks on topics of History.