Philosophy Department
DEPARTMENT PROFILE
DEPARTMENT: PHILOSOPHY
- BRIEF HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT
Nayagarh Autonomous College is a holy learning place of the state Odisha. This college was initiated with a scenic campus at one end of small town Nayagarh,with a few teachers, few subjects and small numbers of students. However the subject Logic and Philosophy draws the attention of the then educationists of the locality and members of the Governing Body since the inception of this Holy Institution. Consequently, the subject Logic and philosophy has got recognition from Government of Odisha and affiliation from Utkal University .
The Department of Logic and Philosophy came in to existence with the Logic in I.A.stage from the very inception of the college I.e.1961.
Philosophy as a pass subject opened in the year 1963 with 48 seats and Honours opened in the year 1977 with 16 seats.
Prof. Biraja Tripathy was the first HOD.With the stewardship of the HODs along with the whole hearted cooperation of the other members of the department, students secured position in the university examination on many occasions.
We believe in quality and not in quantity. Our Honours result is always cent percent. The members of the staff take care in shaping the character and personality of the students. We use to keep touch with our students not only when they are prosecuting their study here but also with pass out students and help them in career building.
02.INCUMBENCY LIST OF HODs
SL.no | Name | Qualification | Designation | Period |
01 | Prof.BirajaTripathy | MA | Sr.Lecturer | 1963-65 |
02 | Prof.R.C samantaray | MA | Sr.Lecturer | 1965-67 |
03 | Prof.P.K Mohapatra | MA | Sr.lecturer | 1967-67 |
04 | Prof.Phani Mohanty | MA | Sr.Lecturer | 1967-1967 |
05 | Prof.S.K Mohanty | MA | Sr.Lecturer | 1967-68 |
06 | Prof.Nakul Rath | MA | Sr.Lecturer | 1968-73 |
07 | Prof.Maj.PN Mahanty | MA | Sr.Lecturer | 1973-81 |
08 | Prof.Dr.SKMohanty | MA.Ph.D | Reader | 1981-82 |
09 | Prof.Niranjan Tripathy | MA | Reader | 1982-87 |
10 | Prof.Dr.Madan Mohan Sahoo | MA.Ph.D | Sr.lecturer | 1987-2008 |
11 | Prof.Smt.Sabita Kumari Mishra | MA | Sr.Lecturer | 2008-2013 |
12 | Rajanikanta Acharya | MA.M Phil | Reader | 2013-2014 |
13 | Kristina Chandra Tripathy | MA | Sr.Lecturer | 2014-2016 |
14 | Smt.Pravat Nalini Devi | MA.B.Ed | Sr Lecturer | 2016-2019 |
15 | Mr Pramod Kumar Dash | M A | Asst Professor | 2019 – continuing |
03. DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES
- Academic:
Seminars
SL.No | Topic | Funding Agency | Year | Resource Person |
01 | Philosophy of Vivekananda | UGC | 2012 | Prof.Gayadhar Rout.Redear S.C.S College Puri.
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02 | Ethics &Religion | UGC | 2013 | Prof.Niranjan Padhi.Reader Ekrama College.BBSR. |
03 | Defence of Philosophy | Departmental | 2014 | Aditya ku Mohanty |
04 | Business Ethics | ICPR | 2015 | Prof.Dr.S.C.PanigrahiP.G Department of Philosophy U.U.,Vanivihar. |
05 | Practical Ethics: Indian Perspectives | Department | 2017 | Dr.B.P.Patra.Associate Professor XIV.BBSR
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Philosophy Department always conduct seminar on World Philosophy Day on dt20th November by the students of the department with the cooperation of the faculty in the Department.
Members of the Dept. take Remedial classes for the students who are weak in their study. Important points are discussed at the end of each unit of the paper.
- Non-Academic
The students of the department organised-
1.Welcom meeting
2Farewell meeting
3.Picnic
Debates, elocution test are also organised to enrich the vocabulary and competitive sprits among the students of the Department.
04. Present Faculty:
SL.No | Name | Designation | Qualification | Specialization | DOJ | Teaching Experience |
01 | Dr. Pramod Kumar Dash | Lecturer & Head | M.A., Ph.D. | Wittgenstein | 01-11-1993
| 25 Years |
02 | Dr.Smt.Sulagna Samantarya | Lecturer | MA.,M.Phil., Ph.D.
| Political philosophy | 01-10-2010 | 07 Years |
| 03. | Smt. Maheswata Mohanty | Lecturer | M.A. | |||
| 04. | Sri Jagannath Maharana | Lecturer | M.A. |
05.Facilities available
I. Seminar Hall -Departmental Room no- 41
II. Seminar Library :
No.of Text books : 55
No. of Reference books :100
Journals/ periodical
III. Laboratory with instruments (Major instruments installed in the Dept): Nil
IV. Computer internet : Nil
06.Student Achievements :
I. Scholarship: National Merit Scholarship/Junior Merit Scholarship, Topper of the subject
After completing Graduation:Yes,Topper of the subject:-
Aratibala panda.
Rituparna Sandhya.
Durga Charan Nayak.
Mamina Sahoo.
Sujata Sahoo.
II. Medals:Jadav sukmajhi-Silver Medal in National level as a Boxer.
III. Prizes: Best Nss Volunteers-Rutuparna Sandhya.Anita Dash.etc.
IV. NSS/NCC/SPORTS/COMPETITION:ANITA DAS-Selected for pre-RD camp to Assam
Manoranjan Jena-Ncc Cadet selected for different camp.
V. Extension of activities: Organize picnic, welcome and farewell ceremony etc.
07. Seminar and workshops organised by the department:
Date | Topic | National/state/Instituanal | No of Particcipant |
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2010 | Nature of Brahma | Institutional | 50 |
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2012 | Adiata vedant | Institutional | 52 |
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2013 | Purusartha | Institutional | 55 |
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08.Eminent Personalities Visited the Department
SL.no | Name of the person with Designation and Address | Date of Visit | Purpose
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01 | Sarat Chandra panigrahi.prof u.u.Vanivihar | 20-09-2012 | Seminar Talk |
02 | Saroj Kumar Mohanty .prof.UUVanivihar | 2016 | Board of Studies |
03 | K.Om Narayan Rao.Lecturer,Berhmpur.writers | 2017 | Board of studies |
09 .RESULTS: + 3 FINAL DEGREE ONLY ( Tabular and Graphic from 2009 ):
Academic year | No. of Students Appeared | No. of students passed | Division | % of Pass | |||
| 1st | 2nd | Nil | GWH |
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2010 | 03 | 03 | 02 | 01 | Nil | Nil | 100 |
2011 | 03 | 03 | 03 | — | Nil | Nil | 100 |
2012 | 02 | 02 | 01 | 01 | Nil | Nil | 100 |
2013 | 10 | 09 | 07 | 02 | Nil | Nil | 90 |
2014 | 09 | 09 | 07 | 02 | Nil | Nil | 100 |
2015 | 13 | 13 | 07 | 05 | Nil | 01 | 100 |
2016 | 09 | 09 | 04 | 05 | Nil | Nil | 100 |
2017 | 07 | 03 | 02 | 01 | Nil | Nil | 42 |
2018 | 04 | 03 | 01 | 02 | Nil | Nil | 75 |
2019 | 06 | 02 | 02 | 00 | Nil | Nil | 33 |
2020 | 09 | 09 | 06 | 03 | 100 | ||
2021 | 06 | 06 | 05 | 01 | 100 | ||
2022 | 08 | 08 | 08 | 100 | |||
I. Sunil Kumar Sahoo-PG in Philosophy and LLM.10.Students Progression to Higher Education as per record available:
II .Kalpana Rautaray- PG in Philosophy and MBA.
III. Durga Charana Nayak- MA,MPhil
IV. Amit Ranjan Sshoo-MSW.
V. Urbashi Jani- MA
VI. Mamina sahoo-MA,MPhil.
VII. Tapaswini Devi-MA,MPhil.
VIII. Nirmal Kumar Sethi-MA.
IX. Nishikant Pradhan-MA.
X. Debasish Nayak-MA.
XI. Sujata sahoo-Principal MA.
XII. Deepak Kumar Jena-MA.
XIII. Jasaswini Lenka-MA.
XIV. Aratibala Panda-MA.
XV. Anupriya Sethi-B.Ed.
11.List of outstanding Alumni ( Maximum 10 )
I. Durga Charana Nayak, Lecturer in Janata College, Kuhudi
II. Shyam Sundar Behera. Defence line
III. Kabiraj Sethi. High School Teacher
IV. Kahnu Charana Parisa. Teacher in a Tribal residential School , BBSR
V. Nisikant Pradhan. Jr Clerk at Khandapada Block
VI. Kalpana Rautray. HR In a company , Bengaluru
VII. Sunil Kumar Sahoo. Advocate in High Court , Cuttack
VIII. Amit Ranjan Sahoo. Lecturer in Sociology
IX. Nirmal Sethi. Lecturer
X. Anupriya Sethi. High School Teacher , Kalahandi
Faculty :
| Sl. No. | Name | Designation | Qualification | DOJ in the Department |
1 | Lecturer & HOD | M. A., Ph. D. | 07.10.2016 | |
2 | Lecturer | M.A. | 19.03.2022 | |
3 | Lecturer | M.A. | 28.10.2019 |
