Janaki Ballabh Patnaik, a scholar of Sanskrit, who laid the foundation on 7 July 1981 at Mouza Balukhand[1] for the promotion, research & higher studies in Sanskrit Language.

[2][3][4][5] At present the university grants degrees in Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Siksha Shastri (B.Ed), Visisthacharya (M.Phil), Vidyavaridhi (Ph.D) and D.Litts in different fields of studies in Sanskrit language.

There are 167 of Sanskrit Higher Secondary Schools (Upashastri) and 138 Sanskrit Degree Colleges (Shastri) of Odisha affiliated to this institution out of them 94 have been brought under the fold of Permanent Affiliation.

NAAC Peer Team assessed the university in the last week of July 2016 and accredited it with B+ Grade.

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