About University 

The Berhampur University came into existence on 2nd January 1967 being inaugurated by Dr. A.N. Khosla, the then Governor of Orissa and the first Chancellor of the University. The University was later shifted to the present site known as Bhanja Bihar, named after the celebrated poet of Orissa Kabisamrat Upendra Bhanja. Spreading over an area of about two hundred fifty acres the university is twelve kilometres and 5 kilometers away from the Berhampur City and Sea-beach of Gopalpur respectively. The Odisha Act 21 of 1966 was substituted by a common Act for all Universities of Odisha i.e. Odisha Act 5 of 1989. The University has been recognised under 2(f) and 12-B of the UGC Act, 1956.