D. R. Nayapalli College, a premier college of Khurda District, was established in 1985 and it is affiliated to Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. Full name of the college is Deda Roy Nayapalli College. It is the college of the state stand gloriously across a green specious five acres of land and it is situated in the heart of the Capital City. It has grown into a full-fledged degree college imparting Honours teaching in almost all major subjects of Arts, Science & Commerce.

Departments

• Department of English
• Department of Hindi
• Department of Political Science
• Department of Oriya
• Department of History
• Department of Economics
• Department of Physics
• Department of Chemistry
• Department of Botany
• Department of Music
• Department of Home Science
• Department of Commerce

Extracurricular Activities

• National Service Scheme (NSS): There are two N.S.S. Units for Males only each consisting of 50 volunteers in this College. There are three types of camps in N.S.S. first of Regular camp, second of Special Camps and third of national Integration Camps
• Youth Red Cross (YRC): YRC Unit both for +2 and +3 wings, with two councilors’ nominated from among the teaching staff to implement the Y.R.C. activities inside or outside the college

Library

• More than 20,000 books available arranged subject wise in Section and sub-sections
• Subscribes journals, magazine and newspaper

Scholarships

• Post Matrix Scholarship : For SC & ST, Minorities and Backward Classes by Government of Odisha