K.D.S. Womens’ College (KDSWC), Darakhapatna was established in 1983.

This is a private, affiliated college. The College is a premier educational institution of Cuttack.

The objective of the college is to grow into an enabling and efficient institution for higher studies and to strive to create the best possible multidimensional academic ambience for exemplary study and research and creative action in every field of human interest.

The college is providing value based education to the young persons for their holistic development in an atmosphere of love, compassion and incessant striving for excellence in every aspect.

The college offers the undergraduate level course in discipline of Arts.

Adequate arrangements have been made to provide various facilities to students on the campus. The college is affiliated to Utkal University, established in 1943.

The University is the seventeenth oldest University in India. Its present campus at Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar is located on a sprawling 399.9 Acre area in the heart of Bhubaneswar.

There are at present twenty-seven Post-Graduate Departments located in the University Campus for Post-Graduate studies and research in various disciplines of Science, Humanities, Business Administration, Social Science, Law and Commerce.

The total number of students in the P.G. Department of the campus at Vani Vihar is nearly 3,000. The University has been recognized by UGC and it also has the membership of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).