The current name of the city of Berhampur is Brahmapur and the city is located in the district of Ganjam in the Indian state of Orissa. The city is popularly called as Silk City and it is located at a distance of about 160 kilometers from the state capital Bhubaneswar. It is one of the largest and oldest cities in the state of Orissa and it is famous for its culture, temples and pure silks. It is the third most populous city in the state of 58th populous city in the whole country.

The city has also earned corporation status next to the cities of Cuttack and Bhubaneswar in Orissa. The town is acting as a major educational centre in the state of Orissa and the city has a number of major educational institutions like Berhampur University, MKCG Medical College & Hospital, etc… The names of government colleges functioning in the town of Berhampur in the city of Orissa are given below:

Medical College:

• MKCG Medical College, Berhampur

Engineering College:

• Parala Maharaj Engineering College

Arts, Science & Commerce College:

• Shashi Bhushan Rath Government Women’s College

• Khallikote Autonomous College

Polytechnic College:

• Government Polytechnic, Berhampur

If you are interested in knowing more information about these colleges functioning in the town of Berhampur in Orissa, read on the content given below:

Medical College:

MKCG in the name of the college stands for Maharaja Krishna Chandra Medical College, Berhampur and the college began its operations in the year 1961. The college offers medical education with affiliation from the Berhampur University and the list of medical courses offered by the institution at UG and PG level is given below:

• MBBS

• MS in

o ENT

o Ophthalmology

o Ortho. Surgery

o General Surgery

o Anatomy

• MD in

o Skin & VD

o Radio-Diagnosis

o Obst. & Gyne.

o Anesthesiology

o Pediatrics

o General medicine

o Comm.. medicine

o F.M.

o Pharmacology

o Microbiology

o Pathology

o Biochemistry

o Physiology

For the MBBS course, the MCI has approved the institution to admit 150 students per year and admission of students is based on their performance in the entrance examination and on the basis of the merit secured by them in higher secondary examination in science stream.

Engineering College:

Parala Maharaj Engineering College is a newly established institution functioning under the government of Orissa. The institute will be offering engineering courses with affiliation from the Biju Patnaik University of Technology located in the state of Orissa. The institute is approved with an intake capacity of 60 students per year for UG course in the following branches of Engineering:

• Computer Science Engineering

• Civil Engineering

• Mechanical Engineering

• Electrical Engineering

Arts, Science & Commerce College:

Shashi Bhushan Rath Government Women’s College is shortly called as SBR Government Women’s College and the college came into existence in the year 1958. The college offers arts, science and commerce courses in different subjects with affiliation from the Berhampur University.

Khallikote Autonomous College as the name implies is an autonomous institution functioning under the control of the Government of Orissa. The college began its journey as a school in the year 1856 and it as was developed as an intermediate colleges in the year 1878. Previous name of this college was Native College and it got its present name in the year 1893. Degree courses in the faculties of arts and science was introduced in the year 1944 with affiliation from Utkal University. Later in the year 1967, the college was brought under the Berhampur University and till then the college was functioning under private ownership. After 1967, the college was taken over by the Government of Orissa.

Polytechnic College:

Government Polytechnic, Berhampur offers diploma courses in subjects like hotel management & catering technology, food technology and computer science & engineering.