Government Womens' College (W)

A few honourable women, all from respectable background, shared a dream in early 1960s. Their dream was simple : to set up a college in Puri town exclusively for women. Some of them even went to the extent of selling potatoes on the streets as part of a fund-raising campaign to materialise their dream. Smt. Pratima Mishra, Smt. Kuntala Kumari Acharya luminous names both-spearheaded the campaign for a women?s college. Conservative society and culture not withstanding, they braved sarcasm and stood on their feet, and more importantly, stuck to their mission. Christened Mahila College, their dream college was born in 1961 under private college management in mahavirprasad Dharmasala on rental basis. The significant factor is, a college was born for women. The concept of ?empower-ment? was not in currency then, but these women knew what they were doing. The college started off with only six students and five lecturers under the principalship of the renowned professor Kishor Mohan Dwivedi. It was only a matter of time for the Government of Odisha to take notice and confer upon the College the status of its being a Govt. College in 1965. Honours programmes started in 1970. and Govt. Women?s Junior college was established in 2001 with Arts stream only. The science & commerce streams in +2 have opened from 2013-14 session.