BUSINESS ETHICS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 102 Il 22/101 Vil 33 once UTKAL UNIVERSITY Directorate of Distance & Continuing Education BhubaneswarReprint 2003| Copytight © Vikas® Publishing House Pvt Ltd, 2007 “lights rosvod. No part fis publication wich ls marl proeced by Bs copyright no ‘nay bo roproduced a ransmiteg or tized "sored in ary form o by any means now Keown oF sr byary infomation storage of aia system, whol pra” wien prmisaan om the Pubs, ation cotaned ts book has been publahed by VKAS® Publahing House Pv Li. and been obtained y te Authors rom souress oekaved fo be lable and are correct oho best othe ‘rowledge, However, the Publisher ard ts Ashor shan ro evont babar any oars, omsions erehanaoity oF Hines for any parla use b ‘Vikas® is the registered trademark of Vkas® Publishing House Pvt, Lid. \VIKAS® PUBLISHING HOUSE PVT LTD 4-22, Sector-4, Noida - 201301 (UP) Phone: 0°20-4078900 « Fax: 0120-1078099 Regd. Offce: 575, Masi Road, Jangpura, New Delhi 110 014 + Website: wwn-vikaspublshing.com + Email helpine@vkaspublishing.comD.D.C.E. Education for All ABOU’ THE UNIVERSITY Founded in 1943, Utkal University is the 17th University of the country and the first of Orissa. Itis the result of the efforts of Pandit Nilakantha Dash, Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati, Pandit Godavarish Mishra and many others who envisioned a progressive education system for modem Orissa. ‘The University started functioning on 27 November 1943, at Ravenshaw College, Cuttack. It originated as an affiliating and examining body but shifted to its present campus spread over 400 acres of land at Vanivihar in Bhubaneswar, in 1962, A number of Postgraduate Departments and other centres were established in the University campus, There are presently more than two hundred general affiliated colleges under the University. Ithas eleven autonomous colleges under its jurisdiction, twenty-eight constituent postgraduate departments, 2 constituent law colleges and a Directorate of Distance & Continuing Education. It boasts of a centre for Population Studies, a ‘School of Women’s Studies, an Academic Staff College, a pre-school and a high school. The University also offers a number of self-financing courses. NAAC accredited since 2003, with B+ statusanda score little over 80%, Utkal University is recognized by the UGC. It is a member of the Indian Association of Universities and the Commonwealth Association of Universities