Located only half a kilometer away from Nirakarpur Railway Station and five kilometers from Rameswar Chhak on Kolkata-Chennai National Highway, Kshetrabasi D. A. V. College stands beside the New Jagannath Road on a spacious campus spread over about 35acr of land. The college was established on 14th July, 1959 as a product of unprecedented interest of Sj. Kshetrabasi Routray and efforts of educationist Sj. Ananda Rath and some other enthusiastic people. In July, 1959, the Pre-University classes were started and it was recognized as a Degree College in July, 1953 with the introduction of Final B.Sc. classes. Now it is functioning as a full-fledged Degree college with an affiliated strength of 3061 students in +2 and +3 classes in Arts, Science and Commerce faculties with Honours teaching facilities. The college is affiliated to the C.H.S.E. Orissa and the Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar.
Established as a Science College, it was the first of its kind among Non-government Colleges of Orissa. In 1966-67 it was named as 'Kshetrabasi D.A.V. College' due to its association with the DAV, Trust. Read More...