27-577: GIET University , formerly Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology , is a private university located at Gunupur , in the state of Odisha , India , established in 1997 by the Vidya Bharati Educational Trust. GIET University offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs in various fields of engineering, technology, management, and computer applications. Edu-entrepreneur Dr. Satya Prakash Panda (President) and Dr. Chandra Dhwaj Panda (Vice-President) founded
54-648: A JD candidate in 1990, Akshaya Kumar Gomango of INC in 1995, and Bhagirathi Gomango who won this seat as INC candidate in 1985 and 1977 and as INC(I) candidate in 1980. Gunupur is part of Koraput (Lok Sabha constituency) . Gunupur is connected to other parts of Odisha by state highway SH17(Gunupur-Digapahandi-Berhampur) and SH04(Paralakhemundi-Gunupur-Rayagada-Koraput). It is also well connected with major cities of Andhra Pradesh. Odisha State Road Transport Corporation , Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation , and Private buses run frequently between Gunupur to other parts of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh . Gunupur
81-625: A Member of the Legislative Assembly can work as a minister for more than 6 months. If a non-Member of the Legislative Assembly becomes a Chief Minister or a minister, he must become an MLA within 6 months to continue in the job. Only a Member of the Legislative Assembly can become the Speaker of the Legislature. In states where there are two houses, there is a State Legislative Council , and a State Legislative Assembly . In such
108-675: A case, the Legislative Council is the upper house , while the Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the state legislature. The Governor shall not be a member of the Legislature or Parliament, shall not hold any office of profit, and shall be entitled to emoluments and allowances. (Article 158 of the Indian constitution). The Legislative Assembly consists of not more than 500 members and not fewer than 60. The biggest state, Uttar Pradesh , has 403 members in its Assembly. States which have small populations and are small in size have
135-489: A few years with no progeny. Hence, Gunupur-Gudari were remerged to Jeypore kingdom. It was then ruled by the Maharajahs of Jeypore under British Administration. The state of Odisha was formed on 1 April 1936 with Koraput as one of the six districts and Gunupur came under Koraput district as a sub-division. On 2 October 1992, Gunupur and Rayagada sub-division were carved out of the erstwhile Koraput district and formed
162-704: A member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). Each state has between seven and nine MLAs for every Member of Parliament (MP) that it has in the Lok Sabha , the lower house of India's bicameral parliament . There are also members in three unicameral legislatures in Union Territories : the Delhi Legislative Assembly , Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly and the Puducherry Legislative Assembly . Only
189-541: A new district as Rayagada . As of 2011 India census , Gunupur has a population of 62,870. Males constitute 50% of the population and females 50%. Gunupur has an average literacy rate of 80.4%, higher than the national average of 74.4%: male literacy is 85.56% and female literacy is 70.40%. In Gunupur, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Gunupur is located at 19°05′N 83°49′E / 19.08°N 83.82°E / 19.08; 83.82 . It has an average elevation of 83 metres (272 ft). It
216-499: A provision for having an even smaller number of members in the Legislative Assembly. Puducherry has 33 members out of which 3 are nominated by central government. Mizoram and Goa have only 40 members each. Sikkim has 32. All members of the Legislative Assembly are elected based on adult franchise , and one member is elected from one constituency. Until January 2020, the President had the power to nominate two Anglo Indians to
243-564: A time. The Legislative Council is the upper house of the State. Just like the Rajya Sabha , it is a permanent House. The members of the state's upper house are selected based on the strength of each party in the lower house and by state gubernatorial nomination. The term is six years, and a third of the members of the House retire after every two years. The upper house of a state assembly, unlike
270-500: A trust called Vidya Bharati Education Trust which is a non-governmental organization, established in the year 1996. The Vidya Bharti Education Trust is a conglomerate of educational institutions. [REDACTED] GIETU includes the following schools: GIET University conducts four-year B. Tech, B.SC Agriculture, B.Sc in Nursing, 3 years BBA, BCA and 2 years M.Sc, M.Tech programme in various disciplines: GIET University offers some of
297-573: Is a hub of excellent educational institutions, including the renowned GIET University, Gunupur , which offers education in engineering, management, agriculture, and basic sciences to students from all parts of India and overseas. Additionally, the region is home to the Maharshi Gurukul residential college for students pursuing science streams and the Gayatri College of Science, which was founded in 2017. The Gandhi Public School, which
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#1732794119150324-499: Is a thrill to the searching eyes. It has the facilities to serve as a base for visiting the nearby place of interest. Gunupur, despite being predominantly inhabited by tribal communities, has been deeply committed to education for a long time, resulting in a literacy rate that surpasses the national average. The region's commitment to education is evident in the establishment of its first high school in 1903, prior to India's independence, and its first degree college in 1972. Today, Gunupur
351-478: Is affiliated with CBSE, is also an esteemed educational institution in Gunupur. Member of the Legislative Assembly (India) A member of the Legislative Assembly ( MLA ) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of State government in the Indian system of government . From each constituency, the people elect one representative who then becomes
378-680: Is connected by the 90 km long Naupada-Gunupur branch railway line to Naupada railway junction on the Khurda Road-Visakhapatnam section of the Howrah - Chennai route. The nearest airport is the Visakhapatnam Airport at a distance of 200 km towards the south. The other nearest airport is the Bhubaneswar Airport , which is about 360 km. Gunupur and its vicinity have of many charms,
405-473: Is located in the lap of the Eastern Ghat and on the banks of river Bansadhara. It has a mixed climate of mountains and Coastal Plain. Its outer region is completely covered by forests and Hills. Earthquake zones of India places Gunupur inside seismic zone II on a scale ranging from I to V in order of increasing susceptibility to earthquakes. Courts There are several Judicial courts at Gunupur under
432-693: The Lok Sabha and the Governor had the power to nominate one member from the Anglo Indian community deems fit if the governor thinks that they are not adequately represented in the Assembly. In January 2020, the Anglo-Indian reserved seats in the Parliament and State legislatures of India were abolished by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019 . Up to three MLAs can be nominated in
459-551: The 2023 NIRF rankings. 19°02′55″N 83°49′59″E / 19.04861°N 83.83306°E / 19.04861; 83.83306 Gunupur Gunupur is a Municipality and one of the sub-divisional headquarters of Rayagada district in the Indian state of Odisha . It is the second biggest town in Rayagada district. Gunupur was one of the important centers in the erstwhile Jeypore Kingdom . Rajah Narasingh Dev
486-489: The Court of Additional District & Sessions Judge at Gunupur started functioning from 20 September 2014. Politics Current MLA from Gunupur Assembly Constituency is Sri Satyajeet Gomango of Congress , who won the seat in State elections of 2024. Previous MLAs from this seat include Raghunath Gomango & Rammurthy Mutika who won the seat in 2019 (BJD), Ram Murty Gamango who won this seat in 2000 as BJP candidate and as
513-538: The Legislative Assembly is five years. However, it may be dissolved earlier than that by the Governor at the request of the Chief Minister, when the Chief Minister has actual majority support in the Assembly. The Assembly may be dissolved earlier if no one can prove majority support and become Chief Minister. The term of the Legislative Assembly may be extended during an emergency, but not more than six months at
540-529: The control of District Court Rayagada. The Court of Senior Civil Judge-cum-Asst. Sessions Judge, the court of Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, the Court of Judicial Magistrate First Class and other revenue courts like the Court of Sub Divisional Executive Magistrate cum Sub Collector and the Court of Tahasildar are situated here. As per the demand of the Bar Association, Gunupur and the litigant public,
567-513: The most sought-after programmes including 14 undergraduates and 20 postgraduate programmes. In addition to undergraduate and postgraduate courses, GIETU also offers full-time and part time Ph.D. degrees in Engineering, Natural Sciences and Management disciplines. GIET University, Gunupur, was ranked in the 251-300 band in the NIRF 2022 rankings for Engineering. It did not participate in
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#1732794119150594-480: The nominated women members. But after the passing of Women's Reservation Bill, 2023 it became 33%. Additionally, the Lieutenant Governor may nominate two representatives of Kashmiri migrant families to the assembly, one of which is reserved for woman. The qualifications to become a member of the Legislative Assembly are largely similar to the qualifications to be a member of Parliament. The term of
621-483: The protection of wild animals and birds. As regards money bills, the position is the same. Bills can originate only in the Legislative Assembly. The Legislative Council can either pass the bill within 14 days of the date of the receipt of the Bill or suggest changes to it within 14 days. These changes may or may not be accepted by the Assembly. The state legislature, besides making laws, has one electoral power, in electing
648-534: The union territory of Puducherry by the central government who enjoy equal powers as elected MLAs. Interestingly, as clarified by the Supreme court of India, these MLAs hold the same voting powers as the elected MLAs. Between 1957 and 2019, before the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A of the Constitution of India , the former 89-member Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly had 2 seats reserved for
675-528: The upper house by the above-mentioned method, as the upper house causes unnecessary problems, expenditures and issues. The most important function of the legislature is law-making. The state legislature has the power to make laws on all items on which Parliament cannot legislate. Some of these items are police, prisons, irrigation, agriculture, local governments, public health, pilgrimage, and burial grounds. Some topics on which both Parliament and states can make laws are education, marriage and divorce, forests, and
702-412: The upper house of the Parliament, can be abolished by the lower house, if it passes a specific law bill, which states to dissolve the upper house, and gets it attested in both houses of parliament and then signed by the president into law. Only Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, and Uttar Pradesh have their upper houses in existence with a six-year term. All other states have abolished
729-414: Was the third son of Maharajah Vikram Dev I (1758–1781 CE) of Jeypore and was appointed as the ruler of Gunupur and Gudari region. Whereas, his elder brother Maharajah Ramchandra Dev II ascended the royal seat of Jeypore in 1781. Another brother called Rajah Jagganath Dev became the king of Nabarangpur . Rajah Narasingh Dev ruled for a few years and was succeeded by his only son Rajah Krishna Dev who died in
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