Most likely, it is nevertheless a marvelous and Herculean assignment to limit the whole history of the Indira Gandhi Women's College, our almamater, in a tight nutshell. In any case, our genuine Endeavor will never go futile, similar to the achievement of the faithful activities of the author, the establishing individuals, the organizers and the designers of the school, in realizing the enormous assignment of setting up and raising this truly necessary debut ladies' organization in the way of life rich thousand years city of Cuttack the fortress of Orissa craftsmanship, culture and instruction. The College is suitably situated on the western edges of Cuttack City, directly on the section point to Shelter Square which is all around associated by standard town transport and auto rickshaw administrations. It is the commendable foreknowledge and arranging of the sole author of the school, Sj. Asirbad Behera, the then Secretary of the Governing Body and directly its President who merits the most noteworthy acclamations for having picked this area for the comfort of the young lady understudies. Negligible words are however too pitiful to even think about expressing the blood and sweat with which this thoughtful and savvy soul has worked for the foundation and development of the establishment. A large group of other committed people from different backgrounds held hands with him in his sincere Endeavor among whom the names of Sj. Janaki Ballav Pattanayak, the then Chief Minister of Orissa, his better half Smt. Jayanti Pattanayak who worked as the President of the College Governing Body for a long time, Smt. Bina Devi, Sj. Bansidhar Jethi, Sj. Pathani Pattanayak, Sj. Srikanta Panda, Sj. Sadananda Rout and numerous others are important. 

The school at first named as "Cuttack City Women's College" started functionig with just fifty-two understudies in Intermediate Arts in the premises of Mansinghpatna Municipal High School. Following the downfall of Smt. Indira Gandhi, the late Prime Minister of India and one of the best age making lady pioneers of the world, the school Governing Body most suitably chose to name the school as Indira Gandhi Women's College. From the date of its commencement till today the school has experienced many good and bad times yet, has developed as one of the fore running womens instructive organizations in the city. The untiring endeavors of Sj. Asirbad Behera and the committed administrations of Late Basanti Mohapatra the main Principal of the school who served for a long distance race range of sixteen years had set the ball rolling and here we rabbit commend the 'Silver Jubilee' year of the College in September, 2005. 

The school developed its wings under the aegis of the Teachers Training College which had likewise been built up here before by Sj. Asirbad Behera. For a brief timeframe the school worked at Sanatnalini Girls High School subsequent to having moved from the premises of Mansinghpatna Municipal High School. Along these lines in 1986 the school began working in 'its' own structure at Shelter Square. 

Classes in +2 Arts began in the College in 1983 with due Concurrence of the State Government and connection from the board of Higher Secondary Education. After four years in 1987, the school got acknowledgment of the administration and association of the Utkal University to bestow instructing in +3 Arts courses in every one of the subjects being educated at +2 phase with the exception of brain research. In this way, in 1991 the school was agreed authorization to concede understudies into distinctions course in Education and right away later, in 1993, consent was allowed by the Higher Education branch of the Government of Orissa to open distinctions classes ever, Political Science, Home Science and Oriya. Later in 2003 authorization was allowed to open distinctions class in one increasingly subject for example Financial aspects. Understanding the requirement for science training, the administration chose to present the +2 Science Course in the school in 1993. The foundation with a meager quality of fifty two understudies has developed extensively in 10 years and a half, with a normal of 1000 to 1500 understudies on its rolls each year, in the course of recent years. The quality of the staff of the school has additionally developed similarly. The school by and by capacities with a staff quality of 40 showing 32 non-instructing individuals. 

The educational program vitae of every individual from the school personnel and their scholarly capability justifies itself with real evidence of the bore of instructing granted in the establishment. Very nearly 21 instructors in the school have either achieved higher research capabilities as Ph. D or M.Phil degrees or are effectively occupied with the equivalent. Eleven individuals from staff are in the U.G.C. pay crease. To the extent scholarly and extra curricular exercises are concerned understudies of this school have exceeded expectations at the state, national and universal levels. Offices for extra curricular and co-curricular exercises as N.S.S., N.C.C., Computer preparing and application projects sports, expressions and social projects and so on have been reached out for the natural improvement of the possibilities in the understudies and to extend the skyline and their viewpoint and activities.