Model Degree College, Nayagarh is the brain child of the Department of Higher Education, Government of Odisha.This has been established vide Govt. Letter No.22280,Dt 06-08-2016 .This is one of the eight such colleges established in different districts which are behind GER (Gross Enrolment Ratio) in higher education. The Government has permitted exclusively honours teaching at +3 Degree level in three streams of Arts, Commerce and science. The college started functioning in the year 2016 from temporary campus at Itamati college of Education and Technology situated at Itamati, Nayagarh. The permanent campus of the college was inaugurated by the Honourable Chief Minister of Odisha through video conferencing on 10th August 2017 and thereafter the college shifted to its permanent campus at Lathipada, Nayagarh. The campus sprawls in about 07 acres of land amidst the most scenic and serene environment of Lathipada village, on the way to Ranpur, which is about 3KM away from Pratap Prasad or Majuriapalli ( which falls in between Itamati and Ghadual bus stop on the National Highway No-57). Approximately it is about 85 KMs from Bhubaneswar and about 8KMs away from the district Headquarters of Nayagarh. The Administrative-cum-Academic building is gigantic, 3-storeyed and the unique of its kind in the Nayagarh district. The first batch of the college stared with 300 students during the session 2016-17.The college was inaugurated in its temporary campus by Sri P.K.Das, Additional Secretary to the Government, Department of Higher Education, Odisha on 25th August 2016.The founder principal of the college is Dr. Seetanshu Kumar Samal, Associate Professor of Chemistry. Since its inception, the college has been adding new feathers every now and then. The Government has been kind enough to provide all kinds of support for the betterment of the college. Very recently, the Government in Higher Education Department has declared our college as a SAMS Resource Centre (SRC).

DR. MANAS RANJAN SATPATHY

Principal,Model Degree College,Nayagarh

"Education is not an act of acquiring knowledge but learning a skill to lead life and forming one’s personality. This is an ennobling process of growth. I can boldly say that we have excelled in every initiative that we undertook and we have stood together in facing the challenges in realizing quality education. We focus on discovering, developing and drawing out the hidden talents and the magic lying dormant inside all of its students. From academics to co-curricular activities, perseverance and a never-say-die spirit are entrenched in the heart of every student not only making them good students but brilliant human beings. In today’s dynamic world, a 360 degree development and grooming is of supreme importance and through our campus we are creating an environment for future leaders, entrepreneurs and professional who possess skills and aptitudes in an array of functional disciplines. "