The college began to function since August 1979, initially housed in the Municipal City High School located in Rajabagicha, the nerve centre of the Cuttack City braced by the Baimundi Marg (ring road) along the city’s southern fringe and graced by the historic river Kathajodi. It started functioning with a dimunitive student strength in Humanities stream under the patronage, Munificence and stewardship of some local gentry and some prominent persons of this millenium Silver City who were deeply concerned with the lamentable lack of accomodation facilities in the realm of higher education to meet the demands of the fast growing number of aspiring students of the city.