The Government Autonomous College, Rourkela (GACR) got permission for opening of four new subjects in the Post-Graduate level.
Sources said the institution had 17 subjects in PG level i.e. Economics, Education, English, Hindi, History, Odia, Political science, Psychology, Sociology, Commerce, Botany, Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics and Zoology and now courses in Geography, Sanskrit, Library Science and Home Science of 32 seats each will be opened in the college from this current session.
Similarly, new honours subjects of Geology, Geography, Home Science, Sanskrit, Library Science and Bio-Technology will be opened from this current session. While 28 seats will be in Bio-Technology in all other subjects it would be 32 each.
In addition to that in Under Graduate level while the honors seats in Physics were enhanced to 64 from 48, it is 64 from 32 in Chemistry, 48 from 32 in Mathematics, 64 from 40 in Political Science, 64 from 40 in Economics, 48 from 32 in English, 48 from 32 in Sociology, 48 from 32 in Education and 96 from 72 in Computer Science.
Very soon the admission process for the new and enhanced subjects will be commenced, said sources.
It may be noted here that the college started as Rourkela Science College on August 16, 1961 and was taken over by the Government Odisha on July 1, 1963. With the vertical academic growth of the college, it was conferred with autonomous status in 2002. In the year 2002 the college was accredited by NACC with Grade-B. Besides Art, Science and Commerce at Higher Secondary, Degree and Master Degree levels, the college also offers MPhil in 3 subjects i.e. Botany, English and Odia.