Government Autonomous College is a state-runco-ed undergraduate and postgraduate college located in the town ofPanposh inRourkela city, Odisha, India. The college[1] was established in 1961 as Government Science College but was later renamed as Government Autonomous College. The institution upholds the development of majority of student's mostly coming from economically weaker sections andScheduled Tribe. The college is Accredited byNAAC with grade ['B'] certification.Presently Dr. Bijay Behera is the principal.[2] The college has also center forIndira Gandhi National Open University for distance learners.