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It worked as such from 1974 to 1996. As
DCC, it offered courses leading to I.A/I.Com./B.A./B.Com.
With the establishment of Council of
Higher Secondary Education in the mid
eighties, I.A./I.Com. programme was
abolished. DCC offered B.Ed. Course for
a brief period from 1987 to 1990. In the
year 1996, in pursuance of the UGC
guidelines, the DCC was converted into
DIRECTORATE OF DISTANCE & CONTINUING
EDUCATION (DDCE). Since then DDCE has
started moving in a new direction with
vigour and dynamism. It is now committed
to provide need based professional and
employment oriented innovative courses
along with the traditional ones.
Since 1997 DDCE is offering courses in
Computer Application. In 1999 DDCE
forayed into Management education. DDCE
has also established Soft Skill
Development Cell ( SSDC) since 2006 to
improve the employability of the
students.
Presently DDCE has reoriented itself
towards industry academia collaboration.
It has collaborated with Genpact , ICICI
Bank Ltd., Infosys and TCS etc. for
placement and collaborative academic
programmes. DDCE is also emphasizing
training of the young teachers and
authors and research scholars etc. It
has also trained India Post Executives.
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It is located on the
National Highway No.-5
near Vanivihar Traffic
Square , Bhubaneswar
spread over 10 Acres of
land within the Utkal
University Campus. The
DDCE and the University
Law College are on the
South East Corner of the
Vanivihar, the
University Campus. |
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There are 15 class
rooms, three conference
rooms and a spacious
reading room. The Silver
Jubilee Building
provides adequate
infrastructure. |
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It has its own building
with nearly 30,000 sft.
of carpet area for
Office, Library,
Counseling, Class Rooms
, Examination Halls ,
Conference Halls,
Publishing House and
Computer Labs with all
modern facilities . The
Silver Jubilee Building
is also well equipped. |
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Its faculty include a
Professor-cum-Director
and qualified Reader,
Lecturers and Academic
Consultants. Besides, it
utilizes the services of
the eminent Professors
and other Faculty
Members of various
Post-Graduate
Departments of Utkal
University and other
Affiliated Colleges and
Professional
Organizations working
with various public /
private sector
undertakings. |
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Its Library is manned by
trained and qualified
librarians. The Library
has 16,205
books and subscribes
to several journals and
newspapers related to
the course. It has a
reading room for the
students. There is
separate reading room
with 2,334 books
for MCA and Management
students. |
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DDCE has more than 100
Computers and 9 Servers.
It is a part of the
Utkal University Campus
Wide Network and E
Governance Project.
There are five LANs. |
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There is a Branch of
Syndicate Bank and
one ICICI ATM Counter
within DDCE premises. |
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DDCE offers BA, B.Com,
MA, MBA, IMBA, BBA, PG
Diploma in Management
under Distance Mode. It
also offers MCA, PG
Diploma in Banking &
Insurance Management,
Spoken English and
Personality Development
Courses under Continuing
Education Programme. |
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DDCE has not sought any
approval from Distance
Education Council or
AICTE. |
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