UGC grants Star status to Khallikote College

Berhampur: Khallikote Autonomous College (http://khallikotecollege.org/) here has been accorded ‘Star status’ by the University Grants Commission. It is the first and only college in the State to be honoured with the status, college sources said.
More than a century old, the college started biotechnology undergraduate course considering the interest among students for job-oriented courses. The traditional courses, offered by the college, continue to be equally in good demand. According to the college Principal, Ghanasyam Lenka, UGC has approved 16 new post-graduate courses and eight seats for M.Phil in zoology. The college which is struggling with classrooms shortage has prepared a project for construction of five-storie building on the vacant land in the premises.
The proposed project, which has been approved by the State Government, will consist of classrooms and examination halls to facilitate a proper education environment, Lenka added. The potential grant of Rs 50 lakh sanctioned to the college by the UGC would be spent by the end of March 2010, said Lenka. For zoology, physics, botany, chemistry and anthropology department besides others, an additional grant of Rs 30 lakh was sanctioned with a direction to utilise it by the end of September. For the four science streams, another Rs 36 lakh has been sanctioned besides another Rs 70 lakh under the 11th five year plan of UGC.
Source: New Indianexpress