Department of Sanskrit was established along with establishment of the college in the year 1981 . Initially it was in Intermediate level , affiliated to Utkal University . Degree classes were opened in the year 1988 with pass subject . Honours in Degree classes were opened in the year 1994 with 16 seats and further increased to 32 seats in 2015-16 . At present the subject is available to the students as Honours,Pass and
RELEVANCE OF THE SUBJECT
HISTORY OF THE DEPARTMENT
VISION OF THE DEPARTMENT:
· To provide unlimited invaluable knowledge of ancient Indian heritage.
· To build a bridge between the ancient Indian knowledge systems and the current knowledge systems.
· To explore ancient sciences and technologies with a modern perspective.
· To educate the scholars to be good citizens.
· To focus the interdisciplinary areas of Sanskrit and Vedas.
· To encourage the students to lead a successful and fearless life.
MISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT:
The mission of Sanskrit literature is one of humanism, of unity, of mankind, of values, of peace and mutual understanding and of harmonious development of the individual and the society. Hence the mission of our Department is the same one.
MOTTO OF THE DEPARTMENT:
Honesty, transparency and highly ethical behavior.
PHILOSIPHY OF THE DEPARTMENT:
To teach the truth and reality, to seek the truth and to achieve the real goal of lif