CUO - Central University of Odisha is established by the Parliament under the Central Universities Act, 2009. CUO is among the 15 new Central Universities established by the Government of India to enable people of India to access higher education. Koraput District of Odisha comes within the purview of KBK region (Koraput, Bolangir and Kalahandi) which is still considered as an underdeveloped region in the State of Odisha. As majority of these three states have people who belong to backward community, to up-bring its people and enable quality education, CUO has been proposed to be established. Among various departments that include -  - Computer Science - Economics - Journalism - Mass Communication - Mathematics  Master of Business Administration (MBA) Programme consisting of 2yr-full time has been started from the Academic Session 2015-16. With the admission capacity of 30 students, the course curriculum includes both theoretical and industry exposure. The course is designed to devel