ସମ୍ବଲପୁର ବିଶ୍ୱବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ, ସମ୍ବଲପୁର, ଓଡିଶା
Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, Odisha

UTKAL

Integrated Teacher Education Program (B.A.B.Ed.) Department

Program : Integrated Teacher Education Program (B.A.B.Ed.)
Coordinator : Prof. Rajendra Kumar Behera
Designation : Coordinator
Qualification : M.Sc. M. Phil., Ph. D
Teaching Exp. : 21 Years
Phone No. : : +91 9437334270
Email : : rajendrakumarbehera75@gmail.com
Message of the HOD

The Integrated Teacher Education Programme (ITEP) is a prestigious four-year integrated programme aimed at preparing highly competent school educators right from the foundational stage. The ITEP programme emphasizes on preparing teachers as envisaged in Pedagogical and Curricular restructuring of school education under NEP 2020. Apart from preparing teachers for the school education system in the country, the disciplinary knowledge gained in different subjects would help the student-teachers to gain in-depth knowledge in their specific subject(s) which would ensure admission to higher studies in that disciplinary stream and for higher professional qualification. The ITEP aims at the dual purpose of providing student teachers disciplinary knowledge along with the professional knowledge in an integrated manner. Since the program will be equivalent to an Undergraduate Degree (B.A.) and Teacher Education Degree, the curriculum of this program includes different courses and activities essential for both the degrees. The programme is started from the academic session 2026-27 with approval of NCTE.

Duration of The Programme

The ITEP shall be of four academic years comprising eight semesters including internship (field-based experiences and practice teaching). Any student-teacher who is unable to complete any semester or appear in any semester–end examination, shall be permitted to complete the programme within a maximum period of six years from the date of admission to the programme.

Intake Capacity

The intake capacity for ITEP is one unit comprises of 50 students for Arts Stream for the academic session 2026 – 27. From the academic session 2027-28 the intake capacity will be three units comprises of 150 students.

Eligibility for Admission
  1. Candidates with minimum fifty percent marks in Senior Secondary or plus two examination or its equivalent (under 5+3+3+4 pattern) from a recognised board are eligible for admission.
  2. The relaxation in percentage of marks in the Senior Secondary or plus two examination or its equivalent examination (under 5+3+3+4 pattern) and in the reservation for Scheduled Caste or Scheduled Tribe or Other Backward Class or Persons with Disabilities or Economically Weaker Section and any other categories shall be as per the rules of the Higher Education Department, Government of Odisha.
Admission Procedure
  1. Admission in ITEP shall be through a suitable subject and aptitude test conducted by the National Testing Agency (hereinafter referred to as ‘NTA’) and shall be standardized keeping in view the linguistic and cultural diversity of the country.
  2. A single nation-wide entrance test called National Common Entrance Test (hereinafter referred to as ‘NCET’) will be conducted by NTA for admission to the 4 Year ITEP under the recommendations of NEP 2020. The mode of examination shall be online/Computer Based Test (hereinafter referred to as ‘CBT’) in multilingual pattern and its score would reflect the relative performance level of the candidate for merit-based selection to secure the admission. Scorecard shall be prepared by NTA and admission shall be done through centralised online counselling.
Fees Structure

The Department charge only such fee as may be prescribed by the Department of Higher Education, Government of Odisha in accordance with provisions of the National Council for Teacher Education (Guidelines for regulation of tuition fees and other fees chargeable by unaided teacher education institutions) Regulations, 2002 and shall not charge donations, capitation fee etc. from the students. The course fees is currently Rs.45000/-per year.

Seminar Library
Subject No of  Books
History 180
Geography 100
Political Science 130
Economics 150
English 200
Odia 200
Educational Studies 200
Total 1160
Students Admitted

Academic session 2026-27

Sl. No. Roll No Name of the Student Gender Subject  12th Exam Marks (%) NTA Score in % Date of Admission
1 ITEP-BA26-001 SUBHASHMITA DEHURY Female Political Science 83.83 51.91083 14-Jul-26
2 ITEP-BA26-002 LAXMI PRIYA MAHANANDA Female Political Science 78.66 47.43159 14-Jul-26
3 ITEP-BA26-003 PAYAL BISWAL Female Odia 80.83 47.72157 14-Jul-26
4 ITEP-BA26-004 BARSHA PADHAN Female Economics 90.5 48.67477 14-Jul-26
5 ITEP-BA26-005 SIDDHI SAMRUDDHI PANDA Female Geography 94.33 47.81585 14-Jul-26
6 ITEP-BA26-007 ASHISH HOTA Male Political Science 75.2 48.05251 14-Jul-26
7 ITEP-BA26-008 SURYAMRAJ MAHAPATRA Male Economics 70 47.24002 14-Jul-26
8 ITEP-BA26-009 RAJASHREE NAYAK Female Odia 75.5 40.03606 15-Jul-26
9 ITEP-BA26-010 CHARCHITA HIKABADI Female Economics 68.2 37.8649 15-Jul-26
10 ITEP-BA26-011 ABHIPSHA DIPA Female Geography 84.16 45.12656 15-Jul-26
11 ITEP-BA26-012 PRACHI PRIYADARSHINI RANA Female Geography 75.4 51.03732 15-Jul-26
12 ITEP-BA26-013 SAGARIKA KISAN Female History 88.5 34.45561 15-Jul-26
13 ITEP-BA26-014 SNEHA SORENG Female English 62.8 38.96007 15-Jul-26
14 ITEP-BA26-015 STUTI REKHA BADPANDA Female History 89.83 45.61965 15-Jul-26
15 ITEP-BA26-016 ARADHANA BEHERA Female History 89.66 45.68232 15-Jul-26
16 ITEP-BA26-017 SAI DEVANSHEE Female History 73.5 44.01115 15-Jul-26
17 ITEP-BA26-018 SHUBHAM MAHAPATRA Male History 84 46.27359 15-Jul-26
18 ITEP-BA26-019 ANGEL SAMAL Female English 67.33 29.025 15-Jul-26
19 ITEP-BA26-020 IPSARANI MAJHI Female Geography 81.16 36.25603 15-Jul-26
20 ITEP-BA26-021 BARSHA KISAN Female History 91.66 33.49947 15-Jul-26
21 ITEP-BA26-023 SAMIRA MINZ Female Political Science 91.5 34.11326 15-Jul-26
22 ITEP-BA26-024 SANSKRUTI PUROHIT Female Political Science 88.16 46.22156 23-Jul-26
23 ITEP-BA26-026 CHETNA ROUT Female Economics 86.5 46.64196 23-Jul-26
24 ITEP-BA26-027 ANKITA PADHAN Female Odia 73 46.58282 23-Jul-26
25 ITEP-BA26-028 PRACHI SWAIN Female History 79.5 44.09567 23-Jul-26
26 ITEP-BA26-029 PRACHURJYA DASH Female English 82.6 51.21451 23-Jul-26
27 ITEP-BA26-030 MUKESH BHUE Male Geography 63 32.87815 23-Jul-26
28 ITEP-BA26-031 AKASH KHAMARI Male Political Science 88.83 30.23834 23-Jul-26
29 ITEP-BA26-032 ROSAN KUMAR JYOTISH Male Odia 79.66 44.76291 23-Jul-26
30 ITEP-BA26-033 CHETNA NAIK Female Odia 71 36.23491 23-Jul-26
31 ITEP-BA26-034 MANASWINI PALLAI Female Political Science 73.83 46.83252 23-Jul-26
32 ITEP-BA26-036 BISWARUPA SUTAR Female Odia 70.16 45.35972 23-Jul-26
33 ITEP-BA26-037 LIPSA MIRDHA Female Political Science 86.5 33.78115 23-Jul-26
34 ITEP-BA26-038 DONALIS PRADHAN Female Geography 75.33 45.68498 23-Jul-26
35 ITEP-BA26-039 AVEEPSA PRIYADARSHINI Female English 84.4 52.79722 23-Jul-26
36 ITEP-BA26-040 JIJNASA SAHOO Female Odia 76 44.6109 23-Jul-26
37 ITEP-BA26-041 KRUSHNA PRIYA PRADHAN Female English 72.5 43.17825 23-Jul-26
38 ITEP-BA26-042 SASWAT KUMAR MAHAKUD Male English 82.8 52.81487 23-Jul-26
39 ITEP-BA26-043 DIBYARANJAN SAHU Male Odia 94.66 44.43854 23-Jul-26
40 ITEP-BA26-044 NIHARIKA MEHER Female English 89.16 36.96138 23-Jul-26
41 ITEP-BA26-045 SUVASMITA PANDA Female English 67.8 51.23374 25-Jul-26
42 ITEP-BA26-046 FRANCISCA GARADA Female Economics 76.8 45.68918 25-Jul-26
43 ITEP-BA26-047 ANWESH KUMAR SAHOO Male Geography 61.6 40.77894 04-Aug-26
44 ITEP-BA26-048 PRITIMAYEE BARIK Female English 77.5 54.1441 04-Aug-26
45 ITEP-BA26-049 PRATIBHA PRIYADARSHANI SAHOO Female History 70.2 53.38758 04-Aug-26
46 ITEP-BA26-050 HARIPRIYA BAGH Female Odia 75.5 39.94853 04-Aug-26
47 ITEP-BA26-051 DIBYASUNDAR SAHU Male Geography 80.33 40.56456 04-Aug-26
48 ITEP-BA26-052 DIBYA OMPRAKASH MOHANTA Male Economics 79 39.23719 04-Aug-26
49 ITEP-BA26-053 ANKITA MEHER Female Economics 87.5 37.54937 04-Aug-26
50 ITEP-BA26-054 SUSHREE SMARANIKA BISWAL Female Economics 83.66 42.26424 07-Oct-26
Infrastructure Facilities
  • Education-computer-lab
    Class Room
  • Education-computer-lab
    Class Room
  • Education-computer-lab
    Class Room
  • Education-computer-lab
    Class Room
  • itep-computer-lab
    Computer Laboratory
  • itep-geography-lab
    Geography Laboratory
  • itel-psychology-lab
    Psychology Laboratory
  • itep-language-lab
    Language Laboratory
  • itep-library
    Library
  • itep-mini-auditorium
    Mini Auditorium
  • itep-auditorium
    Biju Patnaik Auditorium

Param Shavak Super Computer

The Department of Computer Science and Applications is proud to house the state-of-the-art Param Shavak Super Computer. This powerful computing system, equipped with two multicore CPUs, each boasting a minimum of 12 cores, offers a peak computing power ranging from 2 to 5 Tera-Flops, making it an invaluable asset for our academic and research endeavors. With 64 GB of RAM and 8 TB of storage, it accelerates data processing and storage capacity, facilitating advanced computational research. The addition of an NVIDIA GP 100 accelerator card further enhances its capabilities. The Param Shavak comes pre-loaded with parallel programming development tools and resource management utilities, simplifying the execution of complex simulations and computations. Our department takes pride in providing students, researchers, and faculty members with an indigenous HPC portal, CHReME, and an applications interface, Onama, offering easy access to a suite of HPC applications tailored to various scientific domains, from bioinformatics to computational fluid dynamics. What sets the Param Shavak apart are its userfriendly features, including pre-loaded parallel programming development tools, resource management utilities, and the convenience of the indigenous HPC portal. Moreover, the system comes pre-packaged with a suite of HPC applications catering to various domains such as bioinformatics, molecular dynamics, materials science, quantum chemistry, atmospheric modeling, and computational fluid dynamics, making it an indispensable tool for groundbreaking research and simulations across a multitude of scientific disciplines.

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( Param Shavak Super Computer )

MOU Signed

The Department has signed two significant Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) to advance computer education and research. The first MOU, in 2015, involved a partnership with IIT Bombay and was funded by the National Mission on Education through ICT (NMEICT), Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. This initiative aimed to provide software training through spoken tutorials. The second MOU, established in 2017, was with the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune, and was funded by the Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan(RUSA), Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. This collaboration focused on installing and deploying "PARAM Shavak," a high-performance computing solution, enhancing the University's computing capabilities for advanced research and training to students, research scholars and faculties of the University .

CSR Fund Received

The Department received two significant CSR funds in 2022. The first sponsorship, amounting to Rs. 27,25,865, was provided by the CSR Department of JSW Bhushan Power & Steel Limited, Rengali, Sambalpur, with the aim of supporting the development of a new computer Training Centre. The second sponsorship, totaling Rs. 10,00,000, was generously contributed by UCO Bank's General Administrative Department, Zonal Office, Ainthapali Road, Sambalpur, with a specific focus on establishing a computer Training Centre tailored to the needs of SC/ST students. These funds signify a meaningful partnership between industry and academia, enhancing educational opportunities in computer science and applications for the benefit of students at Sambalpur University, with a particular emphasis on empowering underprivileged communities.

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