Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar (IIT Bhubaneswar) is a
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technical university
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established by the
government of India
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in 2008, located at
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar is ...
,
Odisha
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,
India
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.
The institute admits a students for bachelor's, master's programs via
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and
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
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respectively. The permanent campus at Argul,
Khordha District was inaugurated by the current prime minister of India,
Narendra Modi
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on 24 December 2018. The area of research are on science, engineering and humanities.
History
Earlier controversy
Establishing an
IIT in
Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
was a long-standing demand for several decades. As the state ranked at the bottom in terms of centrally funded academic and research institutions, there were strong allegations of
Congress
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led central government neglect.
There were several incidents of protest, both locally in
Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
,
the National Students Union of India (NSUI), and eminent nonresident Indian academics. An organization called Agamee Odisha was formed, that spearheaded mass agitation throughout the state.
There also have been stray incidents of violence related to the issue of Odisha's neglect. Politicians including the Chief Minister of Odisha,
Naveen Patnaik
Naveen Patnaik (born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician serving as the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha. He is also the president of the Biju Janata Dal, a writer and has authored three books. He is the longest-serving chief min ...
, cast this festering issue as a sign of severe neglect of the state by the
UPA government in
New Delhi
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. In May 2007, this became a major issue in the Indian parliament. The opposition
NDA
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Military
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staged a walk-out in the Indian parliament, accusing the ruling
UPA of neglecting the state's economic development. Sections of the media reported that the Congress party led UPA government had been embarrassed by this issue. Eventually, the HRD minister Mr. Arjun Singh relented, leading to the inception of IIT Bhubaneswar.
Establishment
The birth of the Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, came on the 60th anniversary of the country's Independence on 15 August 2007 when Dr.
Manmohan Singh
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, Prime Minister of India at that time, made the announcement about the expansion of IIT system in the country. Further, the
National Development Council of the Planning Commission, in its 54th meeting held on 19 December 2007, approved the proposal as part of the approval process of the 11th Five Year Plan (2007–12).
The actual birth of the institute was announced by the Minister of
Human Resource Development
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Shri.
Arjun Singh in a press conference on 28 March 2008. The Ministry of
Human Resource Development
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, Department of Higher Education,
Government of India
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, vide its Order dated 9 May 2008 decided that
IIT Kharagpur
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) is a public institute of technology established by the Government of India in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. Established in 1951, the institute is the first of the IITs to be established ...
would mentor the setting up of this new IIT for 2–3 years. It was further decided that the Director of the mentor IIT i.e. IIT Kharagpur, would be the mentor Director of the new IIT pending selection of regular Director and the chairman, Board of Governors (BOG) of
IIT Kharagpur
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) is a public institute of technology established by the Government of India in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. Established in 1951, the institute is the first of the IITs to be established ...
would also be the Chairman of the BOG of this new mentored IIT Bhubaneswar.
The
Union Cabinet
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, at its meeting held on 17 July 2008 approved setting up eight new IITs including IIT Bhubaneswar at a cost of per IIT. The Cabinet also approved creation of the post of Director and Registrar along with 30 Faculty per year for each of the new IITs. It was also decided that pending amendment of the Institute of Technology Act, 1961 for inclusion of IIT Bhubaneswar as an Institute of National Importance, the Institute would start functioning under aegis of Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar Society to be registered under the Societies' Registration Act, 1860 (Act XXI of 1860).
Papers were filed on 19 July 2008 with the Registrar of Societies Odisha,
Cuttack
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for registration of IIT Bhubaneswar Society and the society was registered on 22 July 2008.
IIT Bhubaneswar became the first amongst the eight new IITs to become operational with a sanctioned intake of 40 students each in the disciplines of Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Classes for the first batch of students started from the campus of IIT Kharagpur at Kharagpur, the mentor Institute for IIT Bhubaneswar on 23 July 2008 with admission of 95 students. IIT BHUBANESWAR became an Institute of National Importance from 29 June 2012 with notification of Amendment in the Institutes' of Technology Act, 1961 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, (Department of Higher Education)Government of India published in the Gazette of India dated 2 July 2012.
The process of selection of Faculty and the Registrar were initiated through an issue of advertisement on all India basis. Shri Bata Kishore Ray from
MHRD
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Govt. of India joined as the first employee and first Registrar of the institute on 31 December 2008.
To finalise the site for the permanent campus of IIT Bhubaneswar, the
MHRD
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had set up a Site Identification Committee under the Chairmanship of Shri Ashok Takhur, Additional Secretary to the
Government of India
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which visited Odisha during 24–25 December 2008. After visiting four sites proposed by the
Government of Odisha
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i.e. Banki, Ramdaspur in
Cuttack
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district and Gayabandh and Jatni in Khordha district, the Committee recommended the site at Jatni. The recommendation of the committee was approved by the
Government of India
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on 13 January 2009. The Government of Odisha agreed to provide of land free of cost out of which had been given physical possession on 10 February 2009. The State Government also agreed to provide other facilities including a four-lane road from National Highway No.5 ( Kolkata-Chennai) to the IIT. Prof M Chakraborty, deputy director, IIT Kharagpur joined as the Director of IIT Bhubaneswar on 19 May 2009. He took over the rein from Prof D. Acharya, the earlier Director of the institute. IIT Bhubaneswar became operational in the city of Bhubaneswar on 22 July 2009 with shifting 2008 batch of students from IIT Kharagpur and admission of 117 new students in 2009. The Institute started functioning at IIT Kharagpur's Extension Centre built in 1998 in Bhubaneswar.
Campus and location
Permanent Campus
The
Government of Odisha
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has allotted about 936 acres of Government land for permanent campus of the institute. In addition, the State Government is acquiring about 16 acres of private land at its own cost to make the land contiguous. The Foundation Stone of the permanent campus at
Arugul, on the outskirts of
Bhubaneswar
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was laid on 12 February 2009. Construction of 4-lane access road from the National Highway 5 and provision of water and electric supply to the campus by the State Government have made considerable progress. The Government of Odisha has also agreed to provide 75 acres of land along the
Puri
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Konark
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coastline to set up an Innovation Centre for Climate Change.
![Campus View (1)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Campus_View_%281%29.jpg)
The site near Jatni Railway Station on the East Coast Railway is 35 kilometres from Biju Patnaik Airport Bhubaneswar. The land is picturesque with Barunai Hill on one side and a reserve forest nearby. The site is at 20° 10' N and 85° 42' E. A total of of land has been allocated towards the self-contained campus for nearly 10,000 students and 1,100 faculty. A science park is being set up as a part of this institution to support industry oriented research activities. The institute has started operating in its new campus at Arugul from academic year 2015–16. The campus construction began on 14 August 2011, Chief minister Naveen Patnaik laid the foundation stone of the IIT campus at Aragul village near Jatni. The campus master plan has been prepared by Vastunidhi Architects, Noida.
Marine Campus
IIT Bhubaneswar is the first IIT to set up a separate marine campus in 2011 for conducting research in rising sea levels, ecology, disaster management, marine ecosystems, fishery development, and other areas. This campus, which will be a part of the School of Earth, Ocean and Environment Sciences, will be set up near
Chilka lake
Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon, spread over the Puri, khordha and Ganjam districts of Odisha state on the east coast of India, at the mouth of the Daya River, flowing into the Bay of Bengal, covering an area of over . It is the bigge ...
. It will have educational facilities for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Temporary Campuses
The institute used to operate from a number of locations within the city of
Bhubaneswar
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which included Extension Centre of IIT Kharagpur, Toshali Bhawan and Workshop cum Laboratory Complex near IIT Kharagpur Extension Centre for laboratory facilities, particularly of 3rd and 4th year students. Besides, the Institute had also received tremendous support from other institutes viz.
Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology
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and
Central Tool Room & Training Centre for laboratory and workshop facilities, respectively.
Hostel & Housing
Hostel facilities to students have been provided through a 200 capacity Dr.
A. N. Khosla Hall of Residence of IIT Kharagpur near its Extension Center. In addition, the institute has two hostels (started in July 2015) at its permanent campus, Mahanadi Hall of residence(MHR) of 800 capacity for boys and Subarnarekha Hall of Residence(SHR) for girls of 200 capacity. The institute has also provided housing facility for the Faculty members and the staff members at its campus, Faculty Quarter(FQ) and Staff Quarter(SQ).
Education Hub
Several other universities and research institutions are either present or being established in the vicinity, including
AIIMS Bhubaneswar
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,
NISER
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,
IIIT,
XIMB
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, one of the Indian government's proposed National Universities of international calibre, and the
Institute of Physics
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It was founded in 1874 and has a worldwide membership of over 20,000. The IOP is the Physica ...
.
NISER
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's campus is 2 km away from the IIT. Other institutions, such as
Sri Sri University
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, premier law school
National Law University Odisha
National Law University Odisha (NLUO) is a public law school and a National Law Universities, National law University in India located at Cuttack, Odisha. It was established in 2008 (Act 4 of 2008) under the National Law University Odisha Act, ...
, as well as the world's biggest academic institution,
Vedanta University, will be in the neighboring places of
Cuttack
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and
Puri
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respectively. An advantage of this IIT is its location at Bhubaneswar, an emerging education hub, that is being promoted as an Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) by the government. A total of 40 km
2 of land has been allocated for the purpose, out of which about 60% will be devoted to research and development. An estimated will be invested by the Indian government within the next few years in order to develop the institute.
Connectivity
The Odisha state government is constructing a four-lane expressway directly from the National Highway No. 5 (a part of the
Golden Quadrilateral
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) to this new IIT for increased connectivity. Khurda Rd railway station is 4 km away from the campus, and the Biju Patnaik airport is 35 km away. A new international airport is being constructed even closer to the IIT campus at a distance of 12 km.
Organization and administration
Governance
All IITs follow the same organization structure which has
President of India
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as visitor at the top of the hierarchy. Directly under the president is the IIT Council. Under the IIT Council is the board of governors of each IIT.
Under the board of governors is the director, who is the chief academic and executive officer of the IIT. Under the director, in the organizational structure, comes the deputy director. Under the director and the deputy director, come the
deans, heads of departments, registrar.
Schools
The institute has adopted the concept of Schools rather than Departments for promoting inter-disciplinary research. At present the following Schools offer academic programmes:
* School of Basic Sciences (
Physics
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,
Chemistry
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,
Bio Science &
Mathematics
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)
* School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Management (
Economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and intera ...
,
English
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Peoples, culture, and language
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&
Psychology
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)
* School of Mechanical Sciences (
Mechanical Engineering
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)
* School of Infrastructure (
Civil Engineering
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)
* School of Electrical Sciences (
CSE,
ECE
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&
Electrical Engineering
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)
* School of Mineral, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (
Metallurgy
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Metallurgy encompasses both the sc ...
&
Material Engineering)
* School of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences (
Geology
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,
Atmospheric
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&
Ocean Science
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)
Research Centres
*
Virtual &
Augmented Reality
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*
Design
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&
Innovation
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*
Probiotic
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s &
Human Microbiome
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*
Material Science
*
AI &
Mechatronics
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*
Human-Computer Interface
*
Quantum Chemistry
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*
Protein Biophysics
*Synthetic
Organic Chemistry
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*Coastal Observatory
*Chips 2 Startup
Structure
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Academics
The academic programmes of Institute include
BTech (Hons.) in
Computer Science
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,
Civil
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*Civic virtue, or civility
*Civil action, or lawsuit
* Civil affairs
*Civil and political rights
*Civil disobedience
*Civil engineering
*Civil (journalism), a platform for independent journalism
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,
Electrical
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,
ECE
Ece () is a Turkish word meaning queen and may refer to:
* Umay, also known as Ece, the Turkic earth goddess
Given names
* Ece Ayhan Çağlar (1931–2002), Turkish poet
* Ece Ege (born 1963), Turkish fashion designer
* Ece Erken (born 1978) ...
and
Mechanical Engineering
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with an intake capacity of 50 each at the undergraduate level.
BTech (Hons.) in
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
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is with intake capacity of 20. The institute also started Dual degree courses in
Mechanical
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Machine
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* Mechanical calculator, a device used to perform the basic operations of ...
and
Civil
Civil may refer to:
*Civic virtue, or civility
*Civil action, or lawsuit
* Civil affairs
*Civil and political rights
*Civil disobedience
*Civil engineering
*Civil (journalism), a platform for independent journalism
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with intake of 10 from academic year 2016–17, which has been increased to 15 for Mechanical and 13 for Civil as of 2020–21. The Institute started the Doctoral programme from the academic session 2009–2010 and will offer admission to the joint
MTech
A Master of Engineering (abbreviated MEng, M.E. or M.Eng.) is either an academic or professional master's degree in the field of engineering.
International variations
Australia
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PhD Programme from July 2012. The institute has broadly adopted the course curricula, syllabi and other academic regulations of
IIT Kharagpur
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) is a public institute of technology established by the Government of India in Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. Established in 1951, the institute is the first of the IITs to be established ...
, the mentor institute.
Academic year
The academic year is divided into two semesters, a spring semester and an autumn semester. Between these two regular semesters, the academic year also includes a shorter summer quarter, during which some courses are offered. The institution follows the credit-based system of performance evaluation. The credits allocated to each course depends on the total number of contact hours, including lectures, tutorials and laboratory sessions. Each course is usually worth three credits. The typical course load per semester is 21–24 credits for undergraduate students.
Undergraduate programs
IIT Bhubaneswar offers undergraduate degrees in six technical disciplines and integrated five-year programs for undergraduate students leading to MTech degrees.
The BTech degree is based on a four-year program comprising eight semesters. The first year of the BTech curriculum has common courses from various departments. At the end of the first year, an option to change departments is given to meritorious students on the basis of their performance in the first two semesters. From the second year onwards, the students take courses offered exclusively by their departments that are known as "electives". In addition to these, the students takes inter-disciplinary courses known as "Lateral courses" and ''breadth courses'' for courses in humanities and social sciences, and management and information technology.
During the 7th & 8th semester, undergraduate students undergo co-curricular practical training in Indian industry and undertake a Research project.
Admission
Admission to these programs is through the Joint Entrance Examination (
JEE Jee may refer to:
People
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), taken by students seeking admission into the IITs after completing 12 years of schooling. As of 2016, the total undergraduate student intake every year is 260, with 40 students in each of the above-mentioned disciplines and 20 in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.Each Dual degree courses has an intake of 10 students. The plan is to have 2,500 students within 3–4 years, which will expand to 10,000 students within 15 years.
Postgraduate programs
The MTech degree is based on a two-year program comprising four semesters. Research is included as a component in the MTech level.
Institute offers Joint MTech — PhD programs in all its schools except for the Schools of Basic Sciences and Humanities, Social Sciences & Management.
Doctorate programs
Institute has been admitting students into PhD programs since 2009.
Rankings
IIT Bhubaneswar was ranked at 701–750 in the world by the
QS World University Rankings
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2022 list.
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Among engineering colleges, IIT Bhubaneswar ranked 12 by '']India Today
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'' in 2020.[ It ranked 28 among engineering colleges by the ]National Institutional Ranking Framework
The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) is a methodology adopted by the Ministry of Education (India), Ministry of Education, Government of India, to rank institutions of higher education in India. The Framework was approved by the ...
(NIRF) in 2021[
It was ranked 601–800 in the world by the '']Times Higher Education World University Rankings
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'' of 2020,[ 169 in Asia][ and 196 among Emerging Economies in 2020.][
]
Library
The central library, which started functioning in January 2010, is a room with a collection of 23000, text books. In addition, the mentor institute, IIT Kharagpur, provides IIT Bhubaneswar with access to its online resources such as e-databases, e-journals and abstract indexing services.
Collaborations
Foreign
Sources:
* University of Quebec, Canada
* University of Waterloo, Canada
* York University, Canada
* Texas A&M University, US
* Warwick Manufacturing Group, UK
* University at Buffalo, US
* McGill University, Canada
* Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
* University of Edinburg, UK
* University of Western Ontario, Canada
* University of North Texas, US
* University of Warwick, UK
* University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, US
* Washington University in St. Louis, US
* University of Southampton, UK
* National Oceanography Centre, UK
* University of Concepción, Chile
* Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, US
* University of Surrey, UK
* University of Manchester, UK
* University of British Columbia, Canada
* Association for Overseas Technical Co-operation and Sustainable Partnership, Japan
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National
* DRDO
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* OPTCL
* AIIMS BBSR
* BHEL
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* NALCO
* NMDC
*WHEEBOX
*NHAI
The National Highways Authority of India or NHAI (Hindi: भारतीय राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग प्राधिकरण) is an autonomous agency of the Government of India, set up in 1995 (Act 1988) and i ...
* MOES
*AICTE
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*ISRO
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*SDI BBSR
Student life
Festivals
* Alma Fiesta
Alma Fiesta (Spanish trsl: Festival of the Soul) is the annual socio-cultural festival of the Indian Institute of Technology in Bhubaneswar. It is a three-day-long event usually held during the second week of January every year. The first edition ...
: Alma Fiesta is the annual socio-cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar. It is a three-day festival. Usually launched during the mid weeks of January, Alma Fiesta offers a number of events that range from cultural performances like Odissi, Gotipua to clay modeling workshops, Euphony (War of rock bands), Spotlight (Stage play competition). The events organized also include modern dance forms like hip-hop, vocals, duets, karaoke, single minute extempore, spelling bee, pencil sketching as well as a youth marathon. Alma Fiesta also maintain a social drive named Prayatna.
* Wissenaire
Wissenaire is the annual techno-management festival of Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar held in the Arugul, permanent campus of IIT Bhubaneswar. It is one of the most awaited technical festival of East India. It is a three-day-long ev ...
: Wissenaire is the annual techno-management festival of Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar which is held in its permanent campus located in Argul, Odisha. It is a three-day- long event usually held in the month of January every year. Wissenaire encompasses various sectors of technology, science and management. These include quizzing, coding, designing, robotics, planning and testing the creativity and innovative spirit of the young, intelligent minds.
* Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship is the creation or extraction of economic value. With this definition, entrepreneurship is viewed as change, generally entailing risk beyond what is normally encountered in starting a business, which may include other values th ...
Summit: E-Summit, organized by the E-Cell hosts a number of panel discussions, workshops, competitions, and start-ups with the presence of personalities from industries, academia, and government.
Societies
The student societies are:
* Web Design
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Society. (WebnD)
* Astronomy
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Society.(Nakshatra)
* Programming Society. (Neuromancers)
* Dance
Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...
Society.(D-Gang)
* Dramatics
Theatre studies (sometimes referred to as theatrology or dramatics) is the study of theatrical performance in relation to its literary, physical, psychobiological, sociological, and historical contexts. It is an interdisciplinary field which also e ...
Society. (The Fourth Wall)
* Entrepreneurship
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Cell.(E-Cell)
* Film Making
Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, castin ...
Society. (Cinewave)
* Fine Arts
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Society. (Kalakriti)
* Literary
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Societies. (Panacea, Abhivyakti)
* Music
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Society.(Aaroh)
* Photography
Photography is the art, application, and practice of creating durable images by recording light, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed ...
Society. (Clix)
* Robotics
Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrat ...
Society.(R.I.S.C)
* Social Welfare
Welfare, or commonly social welfare, is a type of government support intended to ensure that members of a society can meet Basic needs, basic human needs such as food and shelter. Social security may either be synonymous with welfare, or refe ...
Society. (Souls for Solace)
* Quiz Society
Startup Incubation
The Department of Science & Technology and the Ministry of Human Resource Development
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, Government of India
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sanctioned Rs.1.50 Crore for establishing a Startup Centre at IIT Bhubaneswar. The then Director of IIT Bhubaneswar inaugurated the center on 20 June 2016. The Startup Centre is envisioned to have enrollment minimum of 10 startups in the 1st year of its commencement. This facility is going to be made available to all budding entrepreneurs of the region. Additionally, the Institute established an in-house technology incubator, as a part of well-thought-of incubation-cum-entrepreneurial eco-system with the objective of encouraging students to take up entrepreneurship. This facility would be made available to the outgoing students and to the faculty of the institute. In 2017, the institute received license and incorporation certificate from Registrar of companies to run IIT Bhubaneswar Research and Entrepreneurship Park, a not for profit
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company which will act as a nodal center for promoting entrepreneurship, research, and startup activities.
Dance as a B tech Subject
In 2015, IIT Bhubaneswar introduced Odissi dance
Odissi (), also referred to as Orissi in old literature, is a major ancient Indian classical dance that originated in the Hindu temple, temples of Odisha – an eastern coastal state of India.[BTech
A Bachelor of Technology (Latin ''Baccalaureus Technologiae'', commonly abbreviated as B.Tech. or BTech; with honours as B.Tech. (Hons.)) is an undergraduate academic degree conferred after the completion of a three to five-year program of studi ...]
subject becoming the first IIT in the country to introduce any dance form in its curriculum. Noted Odissi exponents Kum Kum Mohanty, Iliana Citaristi along with other experts in the field have been roped in to design the curriculum and the exam pattern for the course. Any student who continues it until the final year will get a diploma in dance as well.
References
External links
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Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar (; ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Odisha. The region, especially the old town, was historically often depicted as ''Ekamra Kshetra'' (area (''kshetra'') adorned with mango trees (''ekamra'')). Bhubaneswar is ...
Education in Bhubaneswar
All India Council for Technical Education
Educational institutions established in 2008
Engineering colleges in Odisha
Science and technology in Bhubaneswar
2008 establishments in Orissa