Motto | Yoga Karmasu Kaushālam (Sanskrit) |
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Type | Public Technical University |
Established | 2 November 2002 |
Chancellor | Governor of Odisha [1] |
Vice-Chancellor | Amiya Kumar Rath |
Location | , , 22°14′50″N84°49′09″E / 22.247186°N 84.819203°E |
Campus | Urban, 125 acres |
Website | www.bput.ac.in |
Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) is a public state university located in Rourkela, Odisha, India. It was established on 21 November 2002 and was named after Biju Patnaik, the former Chief Minister of Odisha. [2]
It came into being on 21 November 2002 through the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT) Act of Government of Odisha. [3] Its foundation stone was laid by Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, then Hon’ble President of India in 2003. [2]
The main objective of instituting the university was to ensure a common curriculum and uniform evaluation for Engineering, Management, Pharmacy and Architecture colleges. [4]
It started functioning in its campus at Chhend Colony in 2013. [5] Construction of The Centre for Advance PG Studies and Student Complex was completed in 2014. [6]
The campus of Biju Patnaik University of Technology is located at Chhend Colony, Rourkela in Odisha with an area of 125 acres. It is about 7 km from Rourkela railway station, Odisha.
The day-to-day functioning of the university is headed by Vice Chancellor. Prof. Amiya Kumar Rath is the current vice-chancellor of Biju Patnaik University of Technology. [7]
The university and its affiliated colleges and institutions offer undergraduate and postgraduate courses and PhD in different fields like Engineering, Management, Pharmacy, Architecture, Computer Application and Science. [8]
The university has 137 colleges, both constituent and affiliated. Constituent and affiliated colleges include:
Rourkela is a planned city located in the northern district Sundargarh of Odisha, India. It is the third-largest Urban Agglomeration in Odisha after Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. It is situated about 328 kilometres (204 mi) west of state capital Bhubaneswar and is surrounded by a range of hills and encircled by the rivers Koel, Sankha, & Brahmani. The city is also popularly known as Ispat Nagar and Steel City of Odisha as well. One of the largest integrated steel plants set up with German collaboration Known as Rourkela Steel Plant, of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL). It also has one of the premier national level technical institute known as National Institutes of Technology (NIT Rourkela). Every year, on 3 March Rourkela Day has been celebrated.
DRIEMS University formerly, Dhaneswar Rath Institute of Engineering and Management Studies (DRIEMS) is a state private university and group of technical and professional institution located in Tangi, Cuttack district of Odisha, India.
Previously a neglected aspect of the Indian Central government, Education in Odisha is witnessing a rapid transformation. Its capital city, Bhubaneswar along with Cuttack, are emerging as a knowledge hub in India with several new public and private universities, including the establishment of an Indian Institute of Technology after five decades of demand.
Kansbahal is a modern industrial town situated in the state of Odisha India. It lies on the State Highway #10 about 25 km from Rourkela main city; and on the main railway route between Howrah (Kolkata) and CST/Kurla (Mumbai). Kansbahal comes under the jurisdiction of Rourkela Municipal Corporation.
Bhadrak Institute of Engineering & Technology formerly Barapada School of Engnineering and Technology (BSET) was founded in 1957. Harekrushna Mahatab, former Chief Minister of Odisha, India conceived the idea with the objective of developing it in due course to a rural university.
The Ghanashyam Hemalata Institute of Technology and Management (GHITM) is a private institute located in outside the city of Puri, in the Indian state of Odisha. The institute's campus is spread over 122 acres (0.49 km2) at Rasnanda Jena Vihar. GHITM has one school and one college, containing a total of four academic departments. GHITM is affiliated with the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT). The institute is located on National Highway 203, popularly known as Marine Drive, about 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Puri. The campus is spread over approximately 122 acres (49 ha) of land on the eastern shore of the Bay of Bengal. The institute is recognized by the Govt. Of India, approved by the All India Council for Technical Education and affiliated with Biju Patnaik University of Technology.
College of Engineering Bhubaneswar (COEB) is a private institute located in Patia, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The college was established in the year 1999 under the aegis of the Nabadigant Educational Trust and is a part of the Koustuv Group of Institutions. CEB is approved by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) New Delhi, Govt. of India and affiliated to Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Rourkela, Government of Odisha. College of Engineering Bhubaneswar is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) New Delhi, Govt. of India.
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The Institute of Management and Information Technology(IMIT), Cuttack is a state government management institution and the first institute of information technology and management established by the government of Odisha in 1962. It is one of the constituent colleges of BPUT, Rourkela, situated in the city of Cuttack in the eastern part of the state of Odisha, India.
Parala Maharaja Engineering College (PMEC), Brahmapur, Odisha is a government engineering college in Southern Odisha, India. Established in 2009, the college was inaugurated by Naveen Patnaik, the then chief minister of Odisha. This college is named after the King Krushna Chandra Gajapati who is regarded as the architect of an Independent united Odisha State. The Parala Maharaja engineering College was approved by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) New Delhi, Govt. of India and was affiliated to Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Rourkela, Government of Odisha but now, it is an autonomous college from 21 January 2021. This college is also accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA) New Delhi, Govt. of India.
Centurion University(CU) is a private university from Odisha, India. With its main campus earlier at Parlakhemundi in the Gajapati and another constituent campus located at Jatni, on the fringes of Bhubaneswar,which is now as main campus and it was accorded the status of a university in the year 2010. The university has been accredited by NAAC with 'A+' Grade, thereby becoming the youngest private university to have earned the distinction. In 2016, the Bhubaneswar campus of the university was ranked 81 among the institutions offering engineering education in India by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India under the NIRF.
The Modern Institute of Technology and Management (MITM), Odia: ମଡ଼ର୍ଣ୍ଣ ବୈଷୟିକ ଓ ପରିଚାଳନା ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ) is an engineering and management institute in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha. This institution is approved by All India Council for Technical Education and affiliated to Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela. This college was established in 2008 by Prof. Dr. K.C.Dash under the Basanti Dash trust.
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