have started in the town making the environment highly competitive. Among them, prominent are Narayani Junior College and vidwan institute of basic sciences. Jeypore also has colleges offering professional courses such as Gopal Krushna College of Engineering & Technology, which was established in the year 1989. Jeypore college of Pharmacy is another renowned pharmacy institute. Along with it various Engineering Diploma colleges are present namely Institute of engineering & Management (I.E.M), Hi-Tech Institute of Information & Technology and Jeypore School of Engineering and Technologies. Business and economy Though traditionally an agrarian economy, Jeypore is the business hub for southern Odisha as well as the bordering towns of Andhra Pradesh. There is high potential growth of this town due to high minerals, opportunities, resources around the district adding to all the facilities like rail, air in this town. There are many renowned industries in and around Jeypore. Business units include Sewa Paper Mills, now a part of BILT, and numerous rice & cashew processing units How to Reach Jeypore is well connected with many cities like Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Rourkela, Berhampur, Sambalpur etc. including the neighboring states like Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Jeypore is located at a distance of 530 km from the Capital City Bhubaneswar (Odisha) and well connected. There are daily buses run State Roadways and Private Buses. The nearest city is Vishakhapatnam, costal city of Andhra Pradesh is located at a distance of 233 km. Srikakulam is 199 km. Vizianagaram is 165 away from Jeypore. Rajmundary is about 325 km away from Jeypore. There are several State and Private Bus Services daily to the cities. It is well connected with several cities of Chhattisgarh like Jagdalpur, Raipur, Bilaspur, Durg which is 85 km., 325 km., 443 km., and 336 km. respectively from Jeypore. Apart from Bus Services, Jeypore is well connected with Rail Network there is a daily trains to Bhubaneswar, Kolkata, Vishakhapatnam. Vistadome Train has been recently extended from Vishakhapatnam to Jagdalpur via Jeypore. Also there is a airport that is run and maintained by the Government of Odisha and Airport Authority of India. (IATA Code: PYB and ICAO Code: VEJP), India One Air(https://indiaoneair.com/) operates flights from Jeypore to Bhubaneswar and Vishakhapatnam. Politics After independence, in the first General Election held in 1952, Late Laichan Nayak was elected as the first MLA of Jeypore and reelected for a subsequent term in 1957. Raghunath Patnaik has been elected for