Sailabala Women's College, Cuttack

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Shailabala Women's College
TypeGovernment
Established1913
Affiliation UGC
Academic affiliation
Utkal University, CHSE
Principal Dr. Gayatri Biswal
Location, ,
CampusMadhusudan Road, Cuttack
Website shailabalawomenscollege.ac.in

Shailabala Women's College (also known as S.B. Women's College) is a state run postgraduate, undergraduate and junior +2 women's government college [1] [2] [3] on Madhusudan road in Cuttack, India. It is the first women's college of Odisha.

It was named after Shailabala Das who donated her home as a college building to run intermediate and degree courses. She was known for her notable deeds on contribution towards women's uplift in education and social activities in Odisha. She was daughter of the great political leader Madhusudan Das who bought social and industrial development in Odisha during British Raj in India and is known for Utkal Divas.

The postgraduate degree master of arts (M.A) include courses on Home Science, History and Sanskrit. The undergraduate degree include Science (B.Sc) and Arts (B.A). The college is maintained by Department of Higher Education, Odisha and is affiliated to run its undergraduate and postgraduate course curriculum under Utkal University and for class 11th and 12th science, arts and some vocational courses under Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha.

Dr. Gayatri Biswal is the principal.

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