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vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Universalisation_of_elementary_education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Universalisation of elementary education</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Universalisation_of_elementary_education-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Universalisation of elementary education subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Universalisation_of_elementary_education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Status_of_elementary_education_in_the_state" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Status_of_elementary_education_in_the_state"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.1</span> <span>Status of elementary education in the state</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Status_of_elementary_education_in_the_state-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Universalisation_of_Secondary_Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Universalisation_of_Secondary_Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Universalisation of Secondary Education</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Universalisation_of_Secondary_Education-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Universalisation of Secondary Education subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Universalisation_of_Secondary_Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Secondary_Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Secondary_Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Secondary Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Secondary_Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rastriya_Madhyamik_Shiksha_Abhiyan_(RMSA)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rastriya_Madhyamik_Shiksha_Abhiyan_(RMSA)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Rastriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rastriya_Madhyamik_Shiksha_Abhiyan_(RMSA)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Objectives" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Objectives"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.1</span> <span>Objectives</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Objectives-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Action_Taken" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Action_Taken"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2.2</span> <span>Action Taken</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Action_Taken-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-The_10+2_structure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#The_10+2_structure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.3</span> <span>The 10+2 structure</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-The_10+2_structure-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Odisha_Joint_Entrance_Examination" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Odisha_Joint_Entrance_Examination"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.4</span> <span>Odisha Joint Entrance Examination</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Odisha_Joint_Entrance_Examination-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_level_public_institutions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_level_public_institutions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>National level public institutions</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-National_level_public_institutions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle National level public institutions subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-National_level_public_institutions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-General" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#General"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>General</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-General-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Central_University_of_Odisha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Central_University_of_Odisha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.1</span> <span>Central University of Odisha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Central_University_of_Odisha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indian_Institute_of_Mass_Communication" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indian_Institute_of_Mass_Communication"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.2</span> <span>Indian Institute of Mass Communication</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indian_Institute_of_Mass_Communication-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_University" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_University"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.3</span> <span>National University</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_University-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rashtriya_Sanskrit_Sansthan_(Deemed_University),_Shri_Sadashiva_Campus" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rashtriya_Sanskrit_Sansthan_(Deemed_University),_Shri_Sadashiva_Campus"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.4</span> <span>Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University), Shri Sadashiva Campus</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rashtriya_Sanskrit_Sansthan_(Deemed_University),_Shri_Sadashiva_Campus-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Regional_Institute_of_Education" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regional_Institute_of_Education"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1.5</span> <span>Regional Institute of Education</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regional_Institute_of_Education-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Law" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Law"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Law</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Law-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-National_Law_University_of_Odisha" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Law_University_of_Odisha"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2.1</span> <span>National Law University of Odisha</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Law_University_of_Odisha-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Management" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Management"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>Management</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Management-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Indian_Institute_of_Management" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indian_Institute_of_Management"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.1</span> <span>Indian Institute of Management</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indian_Institute_of_Management-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indian_Institute_of_Tourism_and_Travel_Management" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indian_Institute_of_Tourism_and_Travel_Management"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3.2</span> <span>Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indian_Institute_of_Tourism_and_Travel_Management-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Medical" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Medical"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Medical</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Medical-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-All_India_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences,_Bhubaneswar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#All_India_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences,_Bhubaneswar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.1</span> <span>All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-All_India_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences,_Bhubaneswar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Institute_of_Dental_Sciences" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Institute_of_Dental_Sciences"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.2</span> <span>Institute of Dental Sciences</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Institute_of_Dental_Sciences-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Institute_of_Life_Sciences" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Institute_of_Life_Sciences"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.3</span> <span>Institute of Life Sciences</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Institute_of_Life_Sciences-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indian_Institute_of_Public_Health" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indian_Institute_of_Public_Health"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.4</span> <span>Indian Institute of Public Health</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indian_Institute_of_Public_Health-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_Institute_of_Rehabilitation_Training_and_Research" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Institute_of_Rehabilitation_Training_and_Research"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.5</span> <span>National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Institute_of_Rehabilitation_Training_and_Research-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Regional_Medical_Research_Centre" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Regional_Medical_Research_Centre"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4.6</span> <span>Regional Medical Research Centre</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Regional_Medical_Research_Centre-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Technical" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Technical"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>Technical</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Technical-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Biju_Patnaik_National_Steel_Institute" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Biju_Patnaik_National_Steel_Institute"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.1</span> <span>Biju Patnaik National Steel Institute</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Biju_Patnaik_National_Steel_Institute-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Central_Institute_of_Plastics_Engineering_and_Technology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Central_Institute_of_Plastics_Engineering_and_Technology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.2</span> <span>Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Central_Institute_of_Plastics_Engineering_and_Technology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Central_Rice_Research_Institute" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Central_Rice_Research_Institute"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.3</span> <span>Central Rice Research Institute</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Central_Rice_Research_Institute-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Central_Tool_Room_&_Training_Centre" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Central_Tool_Room_&_Training_Centre"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.4</span> <span>Central Tool Room & Training Centre</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Central_Tool_Room_&_Training_Centre-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indian_Institute_of_Handloom_Technology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indian_Institute_of_Handloom_Technology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.5</span> <span>Indian Institute of Handloom Technology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indian_Institute_of_Handloom_Technology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Institute_of_Physics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Institute_of_Physics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.6</span> <span>Institute of Physics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Institute_of_Physics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_Institute_of_Science_Education_&_Research" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Institute_of_Science_Education_&_Research"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.7</span> <span>National Institute of Science Education & Research</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Institute_of_Science_Education_&_Research-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indian_Institute_of_Science_Education_and_Research" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indian_Institute_of_Science_Education_and_Research"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.8</span> <span>Indian Institute of Science Education and Research</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indian_Institute_of_Science_Education_and_Research-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indian_Institute_of_Technology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indian_Institute_of_Technology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.9</span> <span>Indian Institute of Technology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indian_Institute_of_Technology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_Institute_of_Information_Technology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_Institute_of_Information_Technology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.10</span> <span>International Institute of Information Technology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_Institute_of_Information_Technology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Institute_of_Minerals_and_Materials_Technology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Institute_of_Minerals_and_Materials_Technology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.11</span> <span>Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Institute_of_Minerals_and_Materials_Technology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_Institute_of_Fashion_Technology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Institute_of_Fashion_Technology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.12</span> <span>National Institute of Fashion Technology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Institute_of_Fashion_Technology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_Institute_of_Technology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_Institute_of_Technology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5.13</span> <span>National Institute of Technology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_Institute_of_Technology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-State_level_public_institutions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#State_level_public_institutions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>State level public institutions</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-State_level_public_institutions-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle State level public institutions subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-State_level_public_institutions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Berhampur_University" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Berhampur_University"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.1</span> <span>Berhampur University</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Berhampur_University-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Biju_Patnaik_University_of_Technology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Biju_Patnaik_University_of_Technology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.2</span> <span>Biju Patnaik University of Technology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Biju_Patnaik_University_of_Technology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Odisha_University_of_Technology_and_Research(OUTR)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Odisha_University_of_Technology_and_Research(OUTR)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.3</span> <span>Odisha University of Technology and Research(OUTR)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Odisha_University_of_Technology_and_Research(OUTR)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government_College_Of_Engineering,_Keonjhar" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government_College_Of_Engineering,_Keonjhar"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.4</span> <span>Government College Of Engineering, Keonjhar</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Government_College_Of_Engineering,_Keonjhar-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Fakir_Mohan_University" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Fakir_Mohan_University"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.5</span> <span>Fakir Mohan University</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Fakir_Mohan_University-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Indira_Gandhi_Institute_of_Technology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Indira_Gandhi_Institute_of_Technology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.6</span> <span>Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Indira_Gandhi_Institute_of_Technology-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Institute_of_Mathematics_and_Applications" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Institute_of_Mathematics_and_Applications"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.7</span> <span>Institute of Mathematics and Applications</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Institute_of_Mathematics_and_Applications-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Maharaja_Krushna_Chandra_Gajapati_Medical_College" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Maharaja_Krushna_Chandra_Gajapati_Medical_College"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.8</span> <span>Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati Medical College</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Maharaja_Krushna_Chandra_Gajapati_Medical_College-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-North_Orissa_University" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#North_Orissa_University"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.9</span> <span>North Orissa University</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-North_Orissa_University-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Orissa_University_of_Agriculture_and_Technology" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Orissa_University_of_Agriculture_and_Technology"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6.10</span> <span>Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Orissa_University_of_Agriculture_and_Technology-sublist" 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class="vector-toc-link" href="#GIET_University"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>GIET University</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-GIET_University-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Centurion_University" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Centurion_University"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>Centurion University</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Centurion_University-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-ICFAI_University" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#ICFAI_University"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>ICFAI University</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-ICFAI_University-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Kalinga_Institute_of_Industrial_Technology_Deemed_to_be_University" class="vector-toc-list-item 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Its capital city, <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a> along with <a href="/wiki/Cuttack" title="Cuttack">Cuttack</a>, are emerging as a knowledge hub in India with several new public and private universities, including the establishment of an <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Technology">Indian Institute of Technology</a> after five decades of demand. </p><p>Odisha has fared reasonably well in terms of literacy rates. The overall literacy rate according to <a href="/wiki/2011_Indian_census" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Indian census">Census 2011</a> is 73.5%, which is marginally behind of the national average of 74.04%. 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The ruins of a major ancient university, <a href="/wiki/Puspagiri_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Puspagiri University">Puspagiri</a>, were recently discovered in Odisha. Scholars from far away lands, such as Greece, Persia and China used to study philosophy, astronomy, mathematics and science at this famed university. Along with <a href="/wiki/Takshashila" class="mw-redirect" title="Takshashila">Takshashila</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nalanda" class="mw-redirect" title="Nalanda">Nalanda</a> universities, Puspagiri was among the oldest universities in the world. All three universities were mentioned by the Chinese traveler Huien Tsang (<a href="/wiki/Xuanzang" title="Xuanzang">Xuanzang</a>), who visited India in the 7th century, but unlike the others, the whereabouts of Puspagiri university were unknown until recently. As of 2007, the ruins of this university have not been fully excavated yet.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Odisha's education prospered under Hindu and Buddhist rule. However, it went into a period of decline under the Sun dynasty, after 1568. The Muslims and the Marathas, who occupied Odisha before the British, did little to spread education.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#What_information_to_include" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="A complete citation is needed. (March 2017)">full citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Before the creation of modern Odisha, the mainstay of the education system were the Sanskrit <i><a href="/wiki/Pathsala" title="Pathsala">Pathsalas</a></i>, and the <i>Maktabs</i>, which existed in <a href="/wiki/Cuttack" title="Cuttack">Cuttack</a>, <a href="/wiki/Balasore" title="Balasore">Balasore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Puri" title="Puri">Puri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Angul" title="Angul">Angul</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sambalpur" title="Sambalpur">Sambalpur</a>, local <i>Chatasalis</i> to cater to grassroot level education, as well as advanced centers of Oriental learning.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Colonial_era">Colonial era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Colonial era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The colonialization of Odisha by the <a href="/wiki/British_East_India_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="British East India Company">British East India Company</a> in 1803 proved disastrous to Odisha in all spheres. It led to the collapse of the traditional education system. Yet, Odisha being one of the last Indian territories to come under the British rule became exposed much later than other parts of India to the system of education they introduced. Under the East India Company, Christian missionaries who took up printing the Old and New Testaments in Odia, also contributed to some growth in education. The first primary school was created in 1822 by missionaries. </p><p>The Cuttack Zilla school, Odisha's first modern school up to matriculation level, was established in 1866. It was extended to become a Collegiate school in 1868, which provided first and second year college education to Odia students. However, Odias were severely disadvantaged by having to attend <a href="/wiki/Presidency_College,_Kolkata" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidency College, Kolkata">Presidency College</a> in Kolkata for B.A. degrees. This was until the collegiate branch of Zilla school was converted into a full bachelor's degree granting college under the then commissioner, T. E. Ravenshaw. This college was named as <a href="/wiki/Ravenshaw_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Ravenshaw College">Ravenshaw College</a> after him. </p><p>In the early 20th Century, <a href="/wiki/Gopabandhu_Das" title="Gopabandhu Das">Gopabandhu Das</a> established the 1st nationalist school in <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Satyabadi_Bana_Bidyalaya" title="Satyabadi Bana Bidyalaya">Satyabadi Bana Bidyalaya</a>, following which <a href="/wiki/Sayeed_Mohammed" title="Sayeed Mohammed">Sayeed Mohammed</a> established the second nationalist school of Odisha at <a href="/wiki/Cuttack" title="Cuttack">Cuttack</a> named the <i>Muslim Seminary</i> (present day : <a href="/wiki/Sayeed_Seminary" title="Sayeed Seminary">Sayeed Seminary</a>). These nationalist schools aimed to cultivate the ideals of patriotism in the hearts of the students. </p><p>Women's education was taken up with the establishment of the Ravenshaw Hindu Girls' School in 1873. The Maharajah of Keonjhar, the Rani of Talcher, amongst other notable Odia personalities, who made contributions. Later, <a href="/wiki/Reba_Ray" title="Reba Ray">Reba Ray</a>, a former student of this school, <a href="/wiki/Begum_Badar_un_nissa_Akhtar" title="Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar">Begum Badar un nissa Akhtar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sailabala_Das" title="Sailabala Das">Sailabala Das</a> became instrumental in furthering the cause of women's education, leading to the creation of the <a href="/wiki/Sailabala_Women%27s_College,_Cuttack" title="Sailabala Women's College, Cuttack">Sailabala Women's College, Cuttack</a> which was founded by Sailabala Das in the year 1913. </p><p>Medical education began with the opening of the first medical school in 1876, by Dr. Stewart, the Civil Surgeon of Cuttack, who also translated the <i><a href="/wiki/Materia_Medica" class="mw-redirect" title="Materia Medica">Materia Medica</a></i> into Odia. The first industrial school was opened in 1884, in Alalpur, <a href="/wiki/Balasore" title="Balasore">Balasore</a>. A survey school began at the same time in Cuttack, which later on became the Orissa School of Engineering, marking the beginnings of technical education in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources#What_information_to_include" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="A complete citation is needed. (March 2017)">full citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="School_education">School education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: School education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literacy">Literacy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Literacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although 10 years of primary education is mandatory in Odisha, the literacy rate is only 73.5%, which is marginally behind of the national average of 74.04%. The government of India has undertaken steps to improve women's literacy in the tribal pockets in the state and elsewhere in India.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But the Cuttack district, including Kendrapara-Jagatsinghpur, are continuing as the most educated districts of Orissa since independence till date. </p><p>Non-formal and adult literacy programs are run in various districts and are at different stages of implementation. Out of 30 districts, 9 are continuing total literacy campaign [TLC]. 10 districts are either continuing or awaiting approval of post literacy program [PLP]. 11 districts have completed PLP, and some of them have received sanction for Continuing Education Program. The State Government is committed to the Universalisation of Elementary Education in the State with the aim of fulfilling the constitutional obligation with the assistance of Central Government. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Odisha_Adarsha_Vidyalayas">Odisha Adarsha Vidyalayas</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Odisha Adarsha Vidyalayas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>One of the major innovation in recent years has been plans of <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha State</a> to set up one <a href="/wiki/Odisha_Adarsha_Vidyalaya" title="Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya">Odisha Adarsha Vidyalaya</a> (literally Odisha Model School) at each of 314 block headquarters.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 100 Odisha Adarsha Vidyalayas has already started functioning from academic session 2016–17.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These Adarsha Vidyalayas would be <a href="/wiki/Central_Board_of_Secondary_Education" title="Central Board of Secondary Education">Central Board of Secondary Education</a> affiliated <a href="/wiki/Boarding_school" title="Boarding school">fully residential schools</a>, provide free of education, and target talented students through an annual entrance examination. These would have Class VI through Class XII and each class would have 80 number of students. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Universalisation_of_elementary_education">Universalisation of elementary education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Universalisation of elementary education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Keeping in view the need for Universalisation of elementary education, there has been expansion at Primary and Upper Primary School stage of education, in the Government sector, especially in rural areas as well as backward areas. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Status_of_elementary_education_in_the_state">Status of elementary education in the state</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Status of elementary education in the state"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Odisha there are 35,928 Primary and 20,427 Upper Primary schools to provide education at elementary level. More 491 New Primary and 490 New Upper Primary schools opened under S.S.A. to provide schooling in unserved areas. </p> <ul><li>66 lakh children of 6–14 years age group are in-school, out of which 12 lakh are SC and 17 lakh are ST.</li> <li>1.87 lakh children of 6–14 years age group are out-of-school from which 0.3 lakh are from SC and 0.9 lakh are from ST community. Out of them 56,995 Children were admitted to regular existing & New Schools under Enrolment Drive in districts.</li></ul> <p>Further to improve access to Elementary Education and to achieve 100% enrolment, Government have relaxed the norm for opening of new Primary schools </p> <ul><li>In K.B.K. districts and Tribal Sub Plan areas new primary schools will be opened in habitations having at least 25 children in the 6–14 years age group provided there is no primary school within one KM of such habitations.</li> <li>In all the districts the distance norm for opening of new primary and new upper primary schools is relaxed in case of natural barrier like river, hilly terrain, dense forest etc.</li> <li>There are 218 Minority and Mission Managed Primary Schools, wherein 599 teachers are receiving grant-in-aid from the government. Besides, Odia Medium Schools.</li> <li>Odisha_Adarsha_Vidyalaya Sangathan]<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Universalisation_of_Secondary_Education">Universalisation of Secondary Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Universalisation of Secondary Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Secondary_Education">Secondary Education</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Secondary Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are 6193 Govt. and aided Secondary Schools, 849 Recognized High Schools and 151 permitted High Schools in the State. </p> <ul><li>As per the GIA Rules, 2004, 1981 private High Schools have been notified to receive block grant.</li> <li>1375 nos. of Contract Teachers has been engaged against the 3210 posts advertised.</li> <li>Contract teachers of High Schools have been allowed the minimum basic pay of their respective regular scale in Revised Scale of Pay 2008.</li> <li>Government have approved 799 candidates as non-teaching staff under the Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme in the year 2010.</li> <li>Computer Literacy is being popularized in High Schools. Board of Secondary Education has included computer learning as an optional subject in the curriculum for Secondary schools.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rastriya_Madhyamik_Shiksha_Abhiyan_(RMSA)"><span id="Rastriya_Madhyamik_Shiksha_Abhiyan_.28RMSA.29"></span>Rastriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Rastriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Madhyamik_Shiksha_Abhiyan" title="Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan">RMSA</a> is a national flagship programme initiated in 2009–10 to universalise Secondary Education by making good quality education available, accessible and affordable to all children within the age group of 14 – 18 years with strong focus on the elements of gender, equity & justice. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Objectives">Objectives</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Objectives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>To provide secondary school within 5 km and higher secondary school within 7–10 km of every habitation.</li> <li>Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of 75% for class-IX & X within five years (by 2013–14).</li> <li>Universal Access to Secondary Education (SE) by 2017.</li> <li>Universal Retention by 2020.</li> <li>Access to Secondary Education (SE) for all disadvantaged group of children.</li> <li>To improve quality of education resulting in enhanced intellectual, social and cultural learning.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Action_Taken">Action Taken</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Action Taken"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Annual Work Plan for 2010–11 and Perspective Plan for 5 years submitted to GOI.</li> <li>PAB approved for 2009–10 Rs.207.18 crores and for 2010–11 Rs. 507.92 crore.</li> <li>Rs. 3.00 crores released by GOI for "Preparatory Activities" such as Strengthening State and District offices.</li> <li>Strengthening manpower organising training/workshop/SEMI Setc.</li> <li>Rs. 71.40 crores released by GOI for "Project Activities" such as; Civil works for new school.</li> <li>M.M.E.R. (Management Monitoring Evaluation & Research which is being released to all the 30 districts.</li> <li>Data collection, data entry and analysis of "Secondary Education Management Information System" (S.E.M.I.S.), 2009–10 is completed & is under verification by the Inspector of Schools.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="The_10+2_structure"><span id="The_10.2B2_structure"></span>The 10+2 structure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: The 10+2 structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In Odisha, as elsewhere in India, children are enrolled in school at the age of five. The core subjects taught in schools include Science (including Physics, Chemistry and Biology), Mathematics (Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry, Computer Science, and Set theory), Social Studies (Geography, History, Civics and Economics), and three languages, which are usually Odia, Hindi and English. Additionally, school children receive training in sports and physical education, as well as vocational training. </p><p>After ten years of schooling, children at the end of class X must appear in one of the three school examinations; 1. All India Secondary School Examination, which is conducted by the Central Government run <a href="/wiki/Central_Board_of_Secondary_Education" title="Central Board of Secondary Education">Central Board of Secondary Education</a>, 2. Odisha High School Certificate Examination, which is conducted by the <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Secondary_Education,_Odisha" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Secondary Education, Odisha">Board of Secondary Education, Odisha</a> and 3. <a href="/wiki/Indian_Certificate_of_Secondary_Education" title="Indian Certificate of Secondary Education">Indian Certificate of Secondary Education</a> examination, conducted annually by the New Delhi-based <a href="/wiki/Council_for_the_Indian_School_Certificate_Examinations" title="Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations">Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations</a>. </p><p>Children who appear in either the All India Secondary School Examination or the Odisha High School Certificate Examination have a choice of using Odia or English as the medium language. However, the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations makes English the mandatory language. </p><p>Two years of higher secondary education follow, which is optional. Students, usually in the 15 through 17 age group, have a choice of specializing in the following streams; </p> <ol><li>Arts</li> <li>Science</li> <li>Commerce</li></ol> <p>At this stage, the students get exposed to a wide array of elective subjects. The Central Board of Secondary Education conducts the All India Senior School Certificate Examination and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations conducts the Indian School Certificate Examinations for students in class XII. There are also Junior colleges and Degree colleges in the state that offer secondary education for class XII children. The <a href="/wiki/Council_of_Higher_Secondary_Education,_Odisha" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha">Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha</a> conducts the higher secondary level examination for them. </p><p>This educational structure in Odisha is referred to commonly as the 10+2 system. Students who undergo the 10+2 education system are eligible for admission into a college or university in Odisha, and can also opt for other professional training. However, admission into the few top institutions in Odisha, particularly in engineering and medicine, are highly competitive. Students graduating from class XII typically must qualify in an entrance examination in order to gain admission. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Odisha_Joint_Entrance_Examination">Odisha Joint Entrance Examination</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Odisha Joint Entrance Examination"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Government of Odisha conducts a highly competitive Joint Entrance Examination annually to select students for admission into the various engineering colleges operating under Biju Patnaik University of Technology. In 2010, around 73,587 students took the exam against 76,000 students last year.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (September 2020)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Out of them 51,174 students sat for engineering, 19,663, in MBA, 9,446, in MCA.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="National_level_public_institutions">National level public institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: National level public institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Odisha has become a hub for higher education and has numerous institutions which are nationally and internationally recognised. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="General">General</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: General"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Central_University_of_Odisha">Central University of Odisha</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Central University of Odisha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Central_University_of_Odisha" title="Central University of Odisha">Central University of Odisha</a> has been established in <a href="/wiki/Koraput" title="Koraput">Koraput</a> by the Parliament under the Central Universities Act, 2009 (No. 3C of 2009). It is one of the 15 new Central Universities established by the Government of India during the UGC XI Plan period to address the concerns of “equity and access” and as per the policy of the Government of India to increase the access to quality higher education by people in less educationally developed districts which have a Graduate Enrollment Ratio of less than the national average of 11%.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Indian_Institute_of_Mass_Communication">Indian Institute of Mass Communication</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Indian Institute of Mass Communication"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Mass_Communication" title="Indian Institute of Mass Communication">IIMC</a> <a href="/wiki/Dhenkanal,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhenkanal, India">Dhenkanal</a>, was set up in August 1993 as the first branch of <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Mass_Communication" title="Indian Institute of Mass Communication">IIMC</a> <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, under the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" title="Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Ministry of Information and Broadcasting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Govt._of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Govt. of India">Govt. of India</a>. It imparts education and training in <a href="/wiki/Journalism" title="Journalism">journalism</a> and also undertakes media studies and research. The institute conducts PG Diploma courses in Journalism in English and <a href="/wiki/Oriya_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Oriya language">Odia</a>, besides short term courses and workshops. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_University">National University</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: National University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A national university for research is being set up in <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-World_Class_Universities_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-World_Class_Universities-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The government of India will seek expertize from leading universities, such as Yale, <a href="/wiki/MIT" class="mw-redirect" title="MIT">MIT</a> and <a href="/wiki/Princeton_University" title="Princeton University">Princeton</a>, in setting up the national university at <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Rashtriya_Sanskrit_Sansthan_(Deemed_University),_Shri_Sadashiva_Campus"><span id="Rashtriya_Sanskrit_Sansthan_.28Deemed_University.29.2C_Shri_Sadashiva_Campus"></span>Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University), Shri Sadashiva Campus</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan (Deemed University), Shri Sadashiva Campus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>This campus was established in 1971 and is situated at <a href="/wiki/Puri" title="Puri">Puri</a> in Odisha. The institution is more than 100 years old. The campus is pursuing research work leading to the degree of Vidyavaridhi (PhD) and imparting education in Sahitya, Dharma Shastra, Navya Vyakarana, Puranetihas, Jyotish, Advaita Vedanta, Navya Nyaya, Sarvadarshana and Sankhya Yoga at post–graduate and graduate level and Shiksha Shastri at graduate level.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Regional_Institute_of_Education">Regional Institute of Education</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Regional Institute of Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A premier centre of education research, the Regional Institute of Education is located near Acharya Vihar in <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>. It is a regional centre of <a href="/wiki/NCERT" class="mw-redirect" title="NCERT">NCERT</a> serving the eastern region. Apart from running training programmes for teachers of schools and colleges, the institute also has integrated courses of B.Sc. and B.Ed. The institute also runs courses on B.Ed., M.Ed. and M.Phil. (education). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Law">Law</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_Law_University_of_Odisha">National Law University of Odisha</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: National Law University of Odisha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Law_University_Odisha" title="National Law University Odisha">National Law University Odisha</a></div> <p>A national law university was established in 2009 at Naraj, in the outskirts of the city of <a href="/wiki/Cuttack" title="Cuttack">Cuttack</a>. The university offers integrated B.A. LL.B. and B.B.A. LL.B., integrated LL.M-PH.D and Ph.D. courses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Management">Management</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Management"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Indian_Institute_of_Management">Indian Institute of Management</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Indian Institute of Management"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Management,_Sambalpur" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur">Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur</a></div> <p>The Indian Institute of Management, <a href="/wiki/Sambalpur" title="Sambalpur">Sambalpur</a> is the 14th <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Management" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Management">Indian Institute of Management</a> established by the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Human_Resource_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Human Resource Development">MHRD</a>, Government of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of 237 acres (0.96 km<sup>2</sup>) of land has been allocated at Basantpur towards the state of art permanent campus <sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The institute has started Post Graduation Program (PGP) in Management since 2015. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Indian_Institute_of_Tourism_and_Travel_Management">Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management (IITTM), <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a> is one of the five premier autonomous institutes set by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tourism_(India)" title="Ministry of Tourism (India)">Ministry of Tourism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>. IITTM is engaged in teaching, training, research and consultancy and is the only institute in the country dedicated to the tourism learning. The institute at <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a> was in 1996 as Baji Rout Regional Center for Eastern India with the primary objective of expanding its activities to a part of the country that is full of tourism potential. It offers two years postgraduate diploma in management specializing in Tourism and Travel and International Business.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Medical">Medical</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Medical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="All_India_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences,_Bhubaneswar"><span id="All_India_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences.2C_Bhubaneswar"></span>All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/All_India_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences,_Bhubaneswar" title="All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar">All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhubaneswar</a> (AIIMS) is being set up in the state under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojna. Former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> had laid the foundation stone for the super-speciality hospital in 2003. The state AIIMS was then estimated to cost about Rs 820.49 crore. The institute has initiated the process of recruiting staff and is buying equipment simultaneously and the facility would be ready to take admissions in undergraduate medical courses by 2013. Work on the medical college and the hospital buildings would be complete by September 2012. The Union government recently selected three top medical institutes to mentor the six upcoming AIIMS prototypes. <a href="/wiki/AIIMS_New_Delhi" class="mw-redirect" title="AIIMS New Delhi">AIIMS New Delhi</a> will mentor its clone in <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>. The mentor will guide the upcoming institute in selecting faculty and setting up necessary infrastructure.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Institute_of_Dental_Sciences">Institute of Dental Sciences</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Institute of Dental Sciences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Institute of Dental Sciences, <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a> was set up in 2005 on the recommendation of Dental Council of India, Health and Family Welfare Department, <a href="/wiki/Govt._of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Govt. of India">Govt. of India</a>. It has been conducting <a href="/wiki/B.D.S" class="mw-redirect" title="B.D.S">B.D.S</a> Course from the academic session 2006–07.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Institute_of_Life_Sciences">Institute of Life Sciences</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Institute of Life Sciences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), an autonomous institute has been brought under the fold of the <a href="/wiki/Department_of_Biotechnology" title="Department of Biotechnology">Department of Biotechnology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> in August 2002. The institute is located in close proximity to other research institutions at <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>. The institute was earlier established on 11 February 1989 and was under the administrative and financial control of Department of Science and Technology, <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Odisha" title="Government of Odisha">Government of Odisha</a>. <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime minister of India">Prime minister of India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> dedicated the institute to the nation on 15 July 2003 with a declaration to develop the institute as a "National Centre for Excellence". The mandate of ILS is to undertake basic and translational research in frontier areas of life sciences. The research interests of the faculty are in three major areas: (a) Infectious Disease Biology, (b) Gene Function and Regulation and (c) Translation Research and Technology Development. In addition, new collaborations with industry have been established to tap commercial potential of laboratory science.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Indian_Institute_of_Public_Health">Indian Institute of Public Health</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Indian Institute of Public Health"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Indian Institute of Public Health, <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a> is one of the four institutes set up by PHFI as a part of its charter to build public health capacity in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. IIPH, <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>, commenced its academic activities from August 2010. The institute offers a Post Graduate Diploma course in Public Health Management, launched on 2 August 2010. Government doctors from Odisha and Chhattisgarh and self-sponsored candidates are participating in this course. In addition to this, various short term training programmes, workshops and research activities are being undertaken by the institute.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_Institute_of_Rehabilitation_Training_and_Research">National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Rehabilitation_Training_and_Research" class="mw-redirect" title="National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research">National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Rehabilitation_Training_and_Research" class="mw-redirect" title="National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research">National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research</a> (NIRTAR) is an autonomous body established in 1975 under the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment" title="Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment">Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment</a>, <a href="/wiki/Govt._of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Govt. of India">Govt. of India</a>. It is located in a beautiful rural area at Olatpur, Cuttack, 30 km from <a href="/wiki/Cuttack" title="Cuttack">Cuttack</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=City_Bus_Stand&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="City Bus Stand (page does not exist)">City Bus Stand</a>. It conducts three bachelor's degree courses in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Prosthetics and Orthotics, two Postgraduate courses in Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy affiliated to Utkal University, Bhubaneswar. It also has an accreditation for DNB in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation of National Board of Examination (NBE), New Delhi.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Regional_Medical_Research_Centre">Regional Medical Research Centre</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Regional Medical Research Centre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Regional Medical Research Centre, <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>, was established in 1981 by <a href="/wiki/Indian_Council_of_Medical_Research" title="Indian Council of Medical Research">Indian Council of Medical Research</a>. It conducts interdisciplinary research on locally prevailing communicable and non-communicable diseases. It provides training and research to post graduate students for Ph.D./ MD degree, MSc. dissertation and short term training to the doctors and technicians from state health departments and NVBDCP, Delhi.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Technical">Technical</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Technical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Biju_Patnaik_National_Steel_Institute">Biju Patnaik National Steel Institute</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Biju Patnaik National Steel Institute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Biju Patnaik National Steel Institute (BPNSI), <a href="/wiki/Puri" title="Puri">Puri</a> is an autonomous Institute constituted by <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Steel" title="Ministry of Steel">Ministry of Steel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a> was established on 1 January 2002 for the development of steel sector with an emphasis on the secondary steel sector. BPNSI is one of the few institutes in the country and the only institute in Odisha that offers a curriculum in Iron & Steel manufacturing & Plant Management. Currently the institute is offering a one and half year “Advanced Certificate Course on Iron and Steel Manufacturing & Plant Management.” The institute plans to offer Degree and P.G. Diploma courses in the future.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Central_Institute_of_Plastics_Engineering_and_Technology">Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Central_Institute_of_Plastic_Engineering_and_Technology,_Bhubaneswar" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar">Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Central_Institute_of_Plastic_Engineering_and_Technology,_Bhubaneswar" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar">Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar</a> established in 1986 is one of the 15 state-of-the-art centers spread across <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> devoted to academic, technology support & research (ATR) activities for the growth of plastics & allied industries in the country. <a href="/wiki/Central_Institute_of_Plastic_Engineering_and_Technology,_Bhubaneswar" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar">CIPET, Bhubaneswar</a> has a track record of best performance centre consistently for last few years and rated to be the best centre. The institute offers B.Tech., M.Tech. and PhD program on Plastics Engineering and Technology in affiliation with <a href="/wiki/Biju_Patnaik_University_of_Technology" title="Biju Patnaik University of Technology">Biju Patnaik University of Technology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Central_Rice_Research_Institute">Central Rice Research Institute</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Central Rice Research Institute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Central_Rice_Research_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Rice Research Institute">Central Rice Research Institute</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Central_Rice_Research_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Rice Research Institute">Central Rice Research Institute</a> (CRRI) is located in the city of <a href="/wiki/Cuttack" title="Cuttack">Cuttack</a>. It is one of the premier institutions in Asia for rice research. It was established by the center in 1946 with an experimental farm land of 0.6 km<sup>2</sup> provided by the <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a> government. It is the second largest institution dedicated to rice research after the one at <a href="/wiki/Manila" title="Manila">Manila</a>. The institute has two research stations- Central Rainfed Upland Rice Research Station (CRURRS), <a href="/wiki/Hazaribagh" title="Hazaribagh">Hazaribagh</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Jharkhand" title="Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a>, and the Regional Rainfed Lowland Rice Research Station (RRLRRS), Gerua, in <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a>. These research stations were established to tackle the problems of rainfed uplands, and flood prone rainfed lowlands, respectively. Two Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) also function under the CRRI located at Santhapur, <a href="/wiki/Cuttack" title="Cuttack">Cuttack</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jainagar,_Koderma" title="Jainagar, Koderma">Jainagar, Koderma</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Central_Tool_Room_&_Training_Centre"><span id="Central_Tool_Room_.26_Training_Centre"></span>Central Tool Room & Training Centre</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: Central Tool Room & Training Centre"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Central_Tool_Room_%26_Training_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Tool Room & Training Centre">Central Tool Room & Training Centre</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Central_Tool_Room_%26_Training_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Tool Room & Training Centre">Central Tool Room & Training Centre</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a> is an autonomous institute under the Ministry of MSME, <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>. Since 1991 imparting industry oriented long & short term training programmes on <a href="/wiki/CAD/CAM" title="CAD/CAM">CAD/CAM</a>, Tool Design & Manufacturing, Tool & Die Making, Diploma in Mechatronics, CNC Programming & Machining, Machine Maintenance, CCNA, Industrial Automation, <a href="/wiki/VLSI" class="mw-redirect" title="VLSI">VLSI</a>, Hardware & Networking Management, ITI (Machinist/Welder) etc. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Indian_Institute_of_Handloom_Technology">Indian Institute of Handloom Technology</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Indian Institute of Handloom Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>I.I.H.T. <a href="/wiki/Bargarh" title="Bargarh">Bargarh</a>, the fifth central sector institute came into existence on 2 June 2008. Initially it started functioning in the panchayat college campus in <a href="/wiki/Bargarh" title="Bargarh">Bargarh</a> township which is a prominent place in western part of Odisha. The permanent campus is under construction on Bargarh-Bhatli road, 8 km from the district headquarters. It offers a diploma course in handloom and textile technology. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Institute_of_Physics">Institute of Physics</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Institute of Physics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Physics,_Bhubaneswar" title="Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar">Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar</a></div> <p>The Institute Of Physics, <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a> is an autonomous research institution funded jointly by the Department Of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Odisha" title="Government of Odisha">Government of Odisha</a>. It provides research facilities for postgraduate research. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_Institute_of_Science_Education_&_Research"><span id="National_Institute_of_Science_Education_.26_Research"></span>National Institute of Science Education & Research</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: National Institute of Science Education & Research"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Science_Education_%26_Research" class="mw-redirect" title="National Institute of Science Education & Research">National Institute of Science Education & Research</a></div> <p>The National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) is a premier research institution in India along the lines of the internationally reputed IISc in Bangalore, and five sister institutions, the IISERs. Instead of the Ministry of Human Resources Development, NISER operates under the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). It was established in 2007, in <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>, Odisha, when the first batch of students were admitted into its integrated postgraduate programs. </p><p>NISER is dedicated to graduate education and research only. It offers M.S.,5 year integrated M.S. as well as PhD degrees in physics, chemistry, mathematics, and biology. The Odisha government has provided 301 acres (1.2 km<sup>2</sup>)of land free of cost for the upcoming campus at Jatani (22 kms south from <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Keeping in view the paucity of central government institutions in the state, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Odisha" title="Government of Odisha">Government of Odisha</a> has mooted the idea of a National Institute for Technology Education and Research (NITER), a sister institution of <a href="/wiki/NISER" class="mw-redirect" title="NISER">NISER</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Indian_Institute_of_Science_Education_and_Research">Indian Institute of Science Education and Research</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Indian Institute of Science Education and Research"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Science_Education_and_Research_Berhampur" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur">Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur</a></div> <p>Established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development IISER, Berhampur is one of the 7 such institutes spread across India. It started taking students since 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It provides BS, MS and PhD degrees in basic sciences. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Indian_Institute_of_Technology">Indian Institute of Technology</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Indian Institute of Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/IIT_Bhubaneswar" title="IIT Bhubaneswar">IIT Bhubaneswar</a></div> <p>The Indian Institute of Technology, <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a> is the third and one of the largest of eight <a href="/wiki/New_IITs" class="mw-redirect" title="New IITs">new Indian Institutes of Technology</a> established by the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Human_Resource_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Human Resource Development">MHRD</a>, Government of <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> in 2008–2009.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of 935 acres (3.78 km<sup>2</sup>) of land has been allocated at <b>Arugul (a village 25 kms south of Bhubaneswar)</b> towards the self-contained campus for 10,000 students and 1,100 faculty, making it the second largest of all IITs after the one at Kharagpur.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2009, there are undergraduate programs leading to B.Tech. degrees in civil engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. Postgraduate students are being admitted into the M.Tech. and PhD programs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="International_Institute_of_Information_Technology">International Institute of Information Technology</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: International Institute of Information Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/International_Institute_of_Information_Technology,_Bhubaneswar" title="International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar">International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar</a></div> <p>International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar is an information technology higher education institute established in 2006 by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Odisha" title="Government of Odisha">Government of Odisha</a>. It has been converted to a unitary university on 20 January 2014. It is located 8 kms from Bhubaneswar <sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Institute_of_Minerals_and_Materials_Technology">Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Minerals_and_Materials_Technology" title="Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology">Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Minerals_and_Materials_Technology" title="Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology">Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology</a> IMMT, (formerly Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar) was set up as a premier establishment of the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi in 1964 in the State of Odisha, in eastern India. The laboratory specializes in providing R&D support for process and product development with special emphasis on conservation and sustainable utilization of natural resources. Over the years, IMMT has developed S&T capabilities in a wide range of areas from mineralogy to materials engineering. The laboratory has expertise in conducting technology oriented programmes in mining and mineral/bio-mineral processing, metal extraction and materials characterization, process engineering, industrial waste management, pollution monitoring and control, marine and forest products development, utilization of medicinal and aromatic plants and appropriate technologies for societal development.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_Institute_of_Fashion_Technology">National Institute of Fashion Technology</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: National Institute of Fashion Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>National Institute of Fashion Technology(NIFT), <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a> center started functioning from June 2010 from its transit campus situated in Centurion Institute of Technology, near HP Gas Plant, 5 kms north of <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>. The course being offered at the institute at present, include specialization in disciplines such as Bachelor of Design in Textile Design, Fashion Design, Fashion and Lifestyle Accessory Design and Fashion communication, Bachelor of Fashion Technology and Master of Fashion Management Studies.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of 35 acres (140,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of land have been granted by the state government. The NIFT would be funded through the Indian Ministry of Commerce. It is admitting students from 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_Institute_of_Technology">National Institute of Technology</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: National Institute of Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Technology,_Rourkela" title="National Institute of Technology, Rourkela">National Institute of Technology, Rourkela</a></div> <p>Established in the year 1961, The <a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="National Institute of Technology">National Institute of Technology</a> (NIT) located at the steel city of <a href="/wiki/Rourkela" title="Rourkela">Rourkela</a> is the foremost engineering degree granting institutions in Odisha. It has consistently been ranked among the top engineering institutes in the country, most recently being placed as the 3rd best Engineering Institute in Eastern India, after <a href="/wiki/IIT_Kharagpur" title="IIT Kharagpur">IIT Kharagpur</a> and <a href="/wiki/IIT_Guwahati" title="IIT Guwahati">IIT Guwahati</a> by DataQuest.<sup id="cite_ref-us.rediff.com_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-us.rediff.com-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_level_public_institutions">State level public institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=49" title="Edit section: State level public institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Berhampur_University">Berhampur University</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=50" title="Edit section: Berhampur University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Berhampur_University" title="Berhampur University">Berhampur University</a></div> <p>Berhampur University was established in southern Odisha in 1965, as the third oldest university in the state. The university has 25 affiliated colleges and covers the districts of <a href="/wiki/Gajapati_district" title="Gajapati district">Gajapati</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ganjam" title="Ganjam">Ganjam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kandhamal_district" title="Kandhamal district">Kandhamal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koraput" title="Koraput">Koraput</a>, <a href="/wiki/Malkangiri" title="Malkangiri">Malkangiri</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nabarangpur" title="Nabarangpur">Nabarangpur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rayagada" title="Rayagada">Rayagada</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Biju_Patnaik_University_of_Technology">Biju Patnaik University of Technology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=51" title="Edit section: Biju Patnaik University of Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Biju_Patnaik_University_of_Technology" title="Biju Patnaik University of Technology">Biju Patnaik University of Technology</a></div> <p>The Biju Patnaik University of Technology, <a href="/wiki/Rourkela" title="Rourkela">Rourkela</a>, was created by an act of the Odisha state legislature in the year 2002. Almost all the engineering, pharmacy, architecture and most of the colleges offering MBA degree programmes are either constituent or affiliated colleges. The university has 110 colleges, both constituent and affiliated, with around 58,000 students. The disciplines include engineering and architecture, business management and hotel management, computer studies and pharmacy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Odisha_University_of_Technology_and_Research(OUTR)"><span id="Odisha_University_of_Technology_and_Research.28OUTR.29"></span>Odisha University of Technology and Research(OUTR)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=52" title="Edit section: Odisha University of Technology and Research(OUTR)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/College_of_Engineering_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="College of Engineering and Technology">College of Engineering and Technology</a></div> <p>The Odisha University of Technology and Research(OUTR) formerly College of Engineering and Technology Bhubaneswar(CET-B) is a public technical unitary university under the state government of Odisha & was initially established within the preview of OUAT in Bhubaneswar as a constituent autonomous college since 1981. It got separated from OUAT since 2002, having its own vast campus of about 139 acres (0.56 km<sup>2</sup>) in Ghatikia, Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar. It offers undergraduate programs in Architecture, Computer science, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Instrumentation & Electronics Engineering, Bio-Technology Engineering, Mechanical engineering, Textile engineering and Fashion Technology. It offers M Tech/M Arch/MCA, Applied M Sc & Phd degrees in various engineering & science areas including Nanobiotechnology, VLSI & Embedded Systems, Computer Science and Engineering, Mechanical System Design & Dynamics, Textile Chemical Processing, Thermal Engineering, Structural Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management, Urban and Regional Planning, Biotechnology, Applied Physics, Applied Chemistry, Mathematics and computing. It places about 75% of its students every year before they graduate and has a large number of students interning all over India. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Government_College_Of_Engineering,_Keonjhar"><span id="Government_College_Of_Engineering.2C_Keonjhar"></span>Government College Of Engineering, Keonjhar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=53" title="Edit section: Government College Of Engineering, Keonjhar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Government_College_of_Engineering,_Keonjhar" title="Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar">Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar</a></div> <p>Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar is the only Government engineering college in North Odisha. The institute started under the Department of Industries, Government of Odisha in 1956 offering Diploma education in <a href="/wiki/Mining_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Mining Engineering">Mining Engineering</a> and later in 1995 introduced degree curriculum. <a href="/wiki/Electrical_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Electrical Engineering">Electrical Engineering</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mechanical_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Mechanical Engineering">Mechanical Engineering</a> branches were added in 1997. In 2006, the government of Odisha declared Orissa School of Mining Engineering (Degree Stream) as a constituent college of Biju Pattnaik University of Technology, <a href="/wiki/Rourkela" title="Rourkela">Rourkela</a> under self finance mode to develop it as a centre of excellence in the field of Engineering & Technology. In 2008, Mineral Engineering and in 2009, <a href="/wiki/Metallurgical_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Metallurgical Engineering">Metallurgical & Materials Engineering</a> were added. In 2011, as per a government notification, it has been declared as a full-fledged government engineering college. In 2015, <a href="/wiki/Computer_Science_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Computer Science Engineering">Computer Science & Engineering</a> and <a href="/wiki/Civil_Engineering" class="mw-redirect" title="Civil Engineering">Civil Engineering</a> were added. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fakir_Mohan_University">Fakir Mohan University</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=54" title="Edit section: Fakir Mohan University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Fakir_Mohan_University" title="Fakir Mohan University">Fakir Mohan University</a></div> <p>Fakir Mohan University, Vyasa Vihar, <a href="/wiki/Balasore" title="Balasore">Balasore</a> was established by the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Odisha" title="Government of Odisha">Government of Odisha</a>, in 1999. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indira_Gandhi_Institute_of_Technology">Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=55" title="Edit section: Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi_Institute_of_Technology,_Sarang" title="Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang">Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang</a></div> <p>The Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT) is located at Sarang in the industrial belt of Talcher. It was established in 1982 by the government of Odisha. In addition to four year undergraduate degrees in electrical, mechanical, chemical and civil engineering, and metallurgical & materials science, it offers three year diplomas in a few technical disciplines. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Institute_of_Mathematics_and_Applications">Institute of Mathematics and Applications</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=56" title="Edit section: Institute of Mathematics and Applications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Mathematics_and_Applications,_Bhubaneswar" title="Institute of Mathematics and Applications, Bhubaneswar">Institute of Mathematics and Applications, Bhubaneswar</a></div> <p>The Institute of Mathematics and Applications, (IMA) located in Bhubaneswar is an academic institution, established by the government of Odisha to conduct research in pure and applied mathematics, and to conduct postgraduate degree programs in the field. It was established in 1999. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Maharaja_Krushna_Chandra_Gajapati_Medical_College">Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati Medical College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=57" title="Edit section: Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati Medical College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/MKCG_Medical_College_and_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="MKCG Medical College and Hospital">MKCG Medical College and Hospital</a></div> <p>The Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati (MKCG) Medical College is a medical college in Berhampur. It was originally started in 1976 as an extension of the SCB Medical College. It operates under Berhampur University. It offers MBBS and MD degrees and also provides training in medical related fields. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="North_Orissa_University">North Orissa University</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=58" title="Edit section: North Orissa University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/North_Orissa_University" class="mw-redirect" title="North Orissa University">North Orissa University</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/North_Orissa_University" class="mw-redirect" title="North Orissa University">North Orissa University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baripada" title="Baripada">Baripada</a> is a public and open university established in 1998. The jurisdiction of the university extends over two districts, <a href="/wiki/Mayurbhanj" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayurbhanj">Mayurbhanj</a> and <a href="/wiki/Keonjhar" class="mw-redirect" title="Keonjhar">Keonjhar</a>. There are 103 affiliated colleges, both general and professional, catering to the demand of higher education. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Orissa_University_of_Agriculture_and_Technology">Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=59" title="Edit section: Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Orissa_University_of_Agriculture_and_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology">Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology</a></div> <p>The Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) was established in the city of Bhubaneswar in 1962. It is dedicated to agriculture related research and education, and has seven colleges as well as a centre for postgraduate studies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parala_Maharaja_Engineering_College,_Berhampur"><span id="Parala_Maharaja_Engineering_College.2C_Berhampur"></span>Parala Maharaja Engineering College, Berhampur</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=60" title="Edit section: Parala Maharaja Engineering College, Berhampur"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Parala_Maharaja_Engineering_College" title="Parala Maharaja Engineering College">Parala Maharaja Engineering College</a></div> <p>Parala Maharaja Engineering College was established in 2009 by the government of Odisha, and started functioning in its academic building at Sitalapalli, Berhampur with four branches. It is a constituent college of Biju Patnaik University of Technology. The college was inaugurated by Sri Naveen Patnaik. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ravenshaw_University">Ravenshaw University</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=61" title="Edit section: Ravenshaw University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ravenshaw_University" title="Ravenshaw University">Ravenshaw University</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ravenshaw_Convention_Centre,Ravenshaw_University,Cuttack.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Ravenshaw_Convention_Centre%2CRavenshaw_University%2CCuttack.jpg/280px-Ravenshaw_Convention_Centre%2CRavenshaw_University%2CCuttack.jpg" decoding="async" width="280" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Ravenshaw_Convention_Centre%2CRavenshaw_University%2CCuttack.jpg/420px-Ravenshaw_Convention_Centre%2CRavenshaw_University%2CCuttack.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Ravenshaw_Convention_Centre%2CRavenshaw_University%2CCuttack.jpg/560px-Ravenshaw_Convention_Centre%2CRavenshaw_University%2CCuttack.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1456" /></a><figcaption>Ravenshaw Convention Centre, <a href="/wiki/Ravenshaw_University" title="Ravenshaw University">Ravenshaw University</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cuttack" title="Cuttack">Cuttack</a>, <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Upgraded from Ravenshaw College one of the oldest and largest colleges of India, the Ravenshaw University came into existence on 15 November 2006. Originally affiliated to University of Calcutta and thereafter to Patna University and then finally to Utkal University the institution finally got its own identity and became one of the most reputed universities of the Odisha state. Presently the university runs 23 Post-Graduate courses with research facilities and 27 Undergraduate honours courses. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sambalpur_University">Sambalpur University</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=62" title="Edit section: Sambalpur University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sambalpur_University" title="Sambalpur University">Sambalpur University</a></div> <p>Sambalpur University (Jyoti Vihar) in <a href="/wiki/Burla,_India" title="Burla, India">Burla</a>, in western Odisha is another important university covering the districts of <a href="/wiki/Bargarh" title="Bargarh">Bargarh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bolangir" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolangir">Bolangir</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boudh" title="Boudh">Boudh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Debagarh" title="Debagarh">Deogarh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jharsuguda" title="Jharsuguda">Jharsuguda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kalahandi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalahandi">Kalahandi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nuapada" title="Nuapada">Nuapada</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sambalpur" title="Sambalpur">Sambalpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Subarnapur_district" title="Subarnapur district">Subarnapur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sundargarh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sundargarh">Sundargarh</a> as well as the Athamallik Sub-Division of <a href="/wiki/Angul" title="Angul">Angul</a> district. It offers postgraduate education in twenty seven subjects. The university has been functioning since 1967. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Govt_Ayurvedic_College_and_Hospital,_Balangir"><span id="Govt_Ayurvedic_College_and_Hospital.2C_Balangir"></span>Govt Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Balangir</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=63" title="Edit section: Govt Ayurvedic College and Hospital, Balangir"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>GAC balangir is the premier government ayurvedic institute in the state of Odisha established in 1975. It offers both UG and PG degree to students. It also has a city hospital named Sardeswari Government Ayurvedic hospital in daily market. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shriram_Chandra_Bhanja_Medical_College">Shriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=64" title="Edit section: Shriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Shriram_Chandra_Bhanja_Medical_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Shriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College">Shriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College</a></div> <p>Established in 1944, The Shriram Chandra Bhanja Medical College (SCB Medical College) at Cuttack, is the premier medical institution in Odisha and one of the oldest in India. It offers postgraduate degrees in all broad areas of medicine. It also runs super speciality training facilities in several areas such as cardiology, neurosurgery, and radiotherapy. There also exists a dental wing under the SCB Medical college. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shri_Jagannath_Sanskrit_Vishvavidayalaya">Shri Jagannath Sanskrit Vishvavidayalaya</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=65" title="Edit section: Shri Jagannath Sanskrit Vishvavidayalaya"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Shri Jagannath Sanskrit Vishvavidayalaya was established in Puri by the erstwhile Chief Minister of Odisha Janaki Ballabh Pattanayak, an eminent scholar of Sanskrit, on 7 July 1981. It is the third Sanskrit university of the country next to Sampurnananda Sanskrit University of <a href="/wiki/Banaras" class="mw-redirect" title="Banaras">Banaras</a> and Kameswar Singh Sanskrit University of Darabhanga. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Utkal_University">Utkal University</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=66" title="Edit section: Utkal University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Utkal_University" title="Utkal University">Utkal University</a></div> <p>Utkal University (Vani Vihar) was the first university to be established in Odisha in 1943. It is also the seventeenth oldest in India. It is located in <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a> and has about 3,000 postgraduate and doctoral students enrolled. The university has jurisdiction over nine districts in Odisha, namely <a href="/wiki/Angul" title="Angul">Angul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cuttack" title="Cuttack">Cuttack</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dhenkanal,_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Dhenkanal, India">Dhenkanal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jajpur" title="Jajpur">Jajpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jagatsinghpur" title="Jagatsinghpur">Jagatsinghpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kendrapara" title="Kendrapara">Kendrapara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Khurda" class="mw-redirect" title="Khurda">Khurda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nayagarh" title="Nayagarh">Nayagarh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Puri" title="Puri">Puri</a> catering to the needs of higher education of a population of over 11 million people. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Utkal_University_main_entrance_gate_in_Bhubaneswar,.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Utkal_University_main_entrance_gate_in_Bhubaneswar%2C.jpg/220px-Utkal_University_main_entrance_gate_in_Bhubaneswar%2C.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Utkal_University_main_entrance_gate_in_Bhubaneswar%2C.jpg/330px-Utkal_University_main_entrance_gate_in_Bhubaneswar%2C.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Utkal_University_main_entrance_gate_in_Bhubaneswar%2C.jpg/440px-Utkal_University_main_entrance_gate_in_Bhubaneswar%2C.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Main entrance to Utkal University</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Utkal_University_of_Culture">Utkal University of Culture</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=67" title="Edit section: Utkal University of Culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Utkal University of Culture is a newly established institution located in <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vikram_Dev_University">Vikram Dev University</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=68" title="Edit section: Vikram Dev University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Vikram_Dev_University" title="Vikram Dev University">Vikram Dev University</a></div> <p>The Vikram Dev University (formerly: Vikram Deb Autonomous College) is a institutionally transformed university at <a href="/wiki/Jeypore" title="Jeypore">Jeypore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Koraput_district" title="Koraput district">Koraput</a>. It was established as College in 1947, making it one of the oldest educational institutions in Odisha. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Veer_Surendra_Sai_Medical_College">Veer Surendra Sai Medical College</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=69" title="Edit section: Veer Surendra Sai Medical College"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Veer_Surendra_Sai_Medical_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Veer Surendra Sai Medical College">Veer Surendra Sai Medical College</a></div> <p>The Veer Surendra Sai (VSS) Medical college and hospital has been in operation since 1959 in Burla. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate education in medicine and surgery, besides offering training courses in pharmacy and nursing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Veer_Surendra_Sai_University_of_Technology,_Burla"><span id="Veer_Surendra_Sai_University_of_Technology.2C_Burla"></span>Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=70" title="Edit section: Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Veer_Surendra_Sai_University_of_Technology,_Burla" class="mw-redirect" title="Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla">Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla</a></div> <p>Established in 1956 at Burla, the Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, Burla, formerly known as University College of Engineering (UCE) is Odisha's oldest, and one of the oldest and prestigious engineering institutions of <a href="/wiki/East_India" title="East India">East India</a>. Initially an autonomous college since 1991, it was elevated as a university in the year 2009, as a result of a move by the Government of Odisha to accord it with the status of a unitary university. It offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral degrees in several engineering disciplines. VSSUT receives financial grants from <a href="/wiki/All_India_Council_of_Technical_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Council of Technical Education">All India Council of Technical Education</a> and <a href="/wiki/University_Grants_Commission_(India)" title="University Grants Commission (India)">University Grants Commission (India)</a>, two central government agencies, as well as from the state government. While other major engineering institutions (such as the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Technology" title="Indian Institutes of Technology">IITs</a>) only enjoy deemed university status, VSSUT is one of India's full scale university for engineering and technology. The campus covers an area of 203 acres (0.82 km2) with an expansion capacity up to 503 acres (2.04 km2), as per the land allotted to it. There is a proposal to upgrade this to <a href="/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="National Institutes of Technology">NIT</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the year 2012 VSSUT was awarded 12B status by <a href="/wiki/University_Grants_Commission_(India)" title="University Grants Commission (India)">University Grants Commission (India)</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Private_institutions">Private institutions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=71" title="Edit section: Private institutions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Campus_overview.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Campus_overview.jpg/220px-Campus_overview.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="166" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Campus_overview.jpg/330px-Campus_overview.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/74/Campus_overview.jpg/440px-Campus_overview.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3366" data-file-height="2539" /></a><figcaption>GIET campus overview</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="GIET_University">GIET University</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=72" title="Edit section: GIET University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>GIET University (GIETU) (formerly known as Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology) is one of the most prestigious universities of India. The university status of GIETU was Conferred through an act of Odisha Legislative Assembly and forthwith approved by UGC, New Delhi.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:XIMB_New_Academic_Block.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/XIMB_New_Academic_Block.JPG/220px-XIMB_New_Academic_Block.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/XIMB_New_Academic_Block.JPG/330px-XIMB_New_Academic_Block.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/XIMB_New_Academic_Block.JPG/440px-XIMB_New_Academic_Block.JPG 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="530" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Institute_of_Management,_Bhubaneswar" title="Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar">Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar</a> is a premier business school in India</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Centurion_University">Centurion University</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=73" title="Edit section: Centurion University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Centurion University, <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a>, is Odisha's first private state university.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ICFAI_University">ICFAI University</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=74" title="Edit section: ICFAI University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hyderabad based Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the chief minister of Odisha, Mr. Naveen Patnaik, to set up a university in the outskirts of the city of Bhubaneswar. ICFAI plan to buy 150 acres (0.6 km<sup>2</sup>) of land from private parties in Jatni, near the Khurda Road station.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The university is budgeted at Rs. 150 crores (1.5 billion). It will function primarily as a business school. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kalinga_Institute_of_Industrial_Technology_Deemed_to_be_University">Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Deemed to be University</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=75" title="Edit section: Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Deemed to be University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KIITSOCompApp.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/KIITSOCompApp.jpg/220px-KIITSOCompApp.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/KIITSOCompApp.jpg/330px-KIITSOCompApp.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/KIITSOCompApp.jpg/440px-KIITSOCompApp.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>a building of KIIT's School of Technology</figcaption></figure> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Kalinga_Institute_of_Industrial_Technology_(KIIT_University)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT University)">Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT University)</a></div> <p>The Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) is established in Bhubaneswar in 1992. Academic programmes of KIIT University are conducted by its seven constituent schools – School of Technology, School of Computer Application, School of Management, School of Rural Management, School of Medicine, School of Biotechnology and KIIT Law School. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Siksha_'O'_Anusandhan_(SOA)_Deemed_to_be_University"><span id="Siksha_.27O.27_Anusandhan_.28SOA.29_Deemed_to_be_University"></span>Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=76" title="Edit section: Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/SOA_UNIVERSITY" class="mw-redirect" title="SOA UNIVERSITY">SOA UNIVERSITY</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Siksha_%27O%27_Anusandhan" title="Siksha 'O' Anusandhan">Siksha 'O' Anusandhan</a> gained Deemed to be university status from the UGC in 2007. SOA has the highest grade of 'A' from NAAC. Additionally, SUM Hospital (its affiliated hospital) has been awarded with the prestigious NABH accreditation.<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://soauniversity.ac.in/">Link to SOA University's Website</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sri_Sri_University">Sri Sri University</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=77" title="Edit section: Sri Sri University"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Sri_Sri_University" title="Sri Sri University">Sri Sri University</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Sri_Sri_University" title="Sri Sri University">Sri Sri University</a> has been established under the Sri Sri University Act, 2009. The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Odisha" title="Government of Odisha">Government of Odisha</a> has leased out about 187 acres of land near <a href="/wiki/Bidyadharpur" title="Bidyadharpur">Bidyadharpur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cuttack" title="Cuttack">Cuttack</a> for the purpose of setting up the university. The total area of construction is expected to be 3,000,000 square feet and is slated to be completed in a phased manner in the next six years. On completion, the university campus will cater to the needs of 10,000 students and around 2000 faculty staff. The university currently offers <a href="/wiki/MBA" class="mw-redirect" title="MBA">MBA</a> programs in Agribusiness, General Management and Entrepreneurship.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Xavier_Institute_of_Management,_Bhubaneswar"><span id="Xavier_Institute_of_Management.2C_Bhubaneswar"></span>Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=78" title="Edit section: Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Xavier_Institute_of_Management,_Bhubaneswar" title="Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar">Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar</a></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Xavier_Institute_of_Management,_Bhubaneswar" title="Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar">Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar</a> (XIMB) was established in 1987. It owes its origin to a contract between the government of Odisha and the Odisha Jesuit Society. XIMB is governed by a board consisting of representatives from the Odisha Jesuit Society, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">government of India</a>, the government of Odisha, and invited industrialists and academics. </p><p>XIMB has been ranked among the top 10 business schools in India. The institution offers postgraduate programs, leading to Masters and PhD degrees in business management, rural management, human resource management, sustainability management as well several professional training programs.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has a few research centers in areas such as entrepreneurship, utility regulation, small and micro enterprise development, and healthcare management. XIMB grown up to become "XIM University".<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Institutions_through_public-private_partnership">Institutions through public-private partnership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=79" title="Edit section: Institutions through public-private partnership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Indian_Institute_of_Information_Technology,_Brahmapur"><span id="Indian_Institute_of_Information_Technology.2C_Brahmapur"></span>Indian Institute of Information Technology, Brahmapur</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=80" title="Edit section: Indian Institute of Information Technology, Brahmapur"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2007, the UPA government in New Delhi decided to establish a central government funded IIITs in each state. The IIIT in Odisha would be established in Brahmapur, and unlike its sister institute in Bhubaneswar, would receive funding from the center.<sup id="cite_ref-BS_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BS-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The IIIT at Berhampur is being established on a 100-acre (0.40 km<sup>2</sup>) land and this is likely to be functional by end of 2009. This will help attracting more IT companies to South Odisha and the presence of STPI Brahmapur and IT Park at Brahmapur will also help. The Marine Bio-Technology Park is also planned for Brahmapur. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sambalpur_University_Institute_of_Information_Technology,_Sambalpur"><span id="Sambalpur_University_Institute_of_Information_Technology.2C_Sambalpur"></span>Sambalpur University Institute of Information Technology, Sambalpur</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=81" title="Edit section: Sambalpur University Institute of Information Technology, Sambalpur"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thanks to Prof. Arun Pujari, Sambalpur university will get an <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Information_Technology" title="Indian Institutes of Information Technology">Indian Institutes of Information Technology</a> like IT institution.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-orissalinks.com_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-orissalinks.com-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plans">Plans</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=82" title="Edit section: Plans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Bhubaneswar_as_an_emerging_education_hub">Bhubaneswar as an emerging education hub</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=83" title="Edit section: Bhubaneswar as an emerging education hub"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>National institutes of excellence have been established recently in Bhubaneswar, while several more are planned, such as AIIMS, NISER, IIT, IIIT and a National university. There are several prominent private universities, such as XIMB and ICFAI University. Institutions dedicated to research such as the Institute of Physics, and the Institute of Mathematics and Applications are also located here. Additionally, the city also houses several Odisha government funded public universities, and over 70 technical institutions, which well above than any other city in eastern India. The city is also being promoted as an Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) by the government.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A total of 40 km<sup>2</sup> of land has been allocated for the purpose, out of which about 60% will be devoted to research and development.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Chief Minister of the state has asserted that Bhubaneswar is poised to emerge as India's foremost education hub.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Odisha_Higher_Education_Vision_2020">Odisha Higher Education Vision 2020</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=84" title="Edit section: Odisha Higher Education Vision 2020"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Orissa Higher Education Vision 2020</i>, an effort organized by leading national and international researchers, scientists, and academicians of Odia origin, envisages a globally competitive higher education system in Orissa by 2020, with four tiered knowledge centers being developed throughout the state. An international level knowledge hub comparable to the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco Bay Area</a> or <a href="/wiki/Boston_metropolitan_area" class="mw-redirect" title="Boston metropolitan area">Boston metropolitan area</a> in the USA is suggested in the rapidly expanding Bhubaneswar-Cuttack-Khurda-Puri metropolitan region. This will consist of several world class universities, technical and medical institutions, and laboratories, including NISER, IIT, IIIT, National University, National Law University, AIIMS, Vedanta University, Sri Sri University, NIPER, and several other new institutions to be established by the central government or through public-private partnership, as well as private institutions. At the second tier would be five other metropolitan regions, Rourkela, Sambalpur-Jharsuguda (IIHT Bargarh, OUAT branch at Chiplima, XIMB campus at Sambalpur, CIFT Burla, plan to upgrade VSS medical college and GM college to university status),<sup id="cite_ref-orissalinks.com_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-orissalinks.com-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Berhampur, Balasore-Baripada, and Jeypore-Koraput-Sunabeda, each with two universities, multiple engineering and medical colleges, as well as one or more national level institutions. The third tier knowledge hubs, located in all urban areas throughout the state, would have a university, an autonomous college, as well as a medical and an engineering college. Lastly, the fourth tier would include smaller towns, which would have at least an autonomous college and a trade school.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Under_construction_and_planned_medical_and_engineering_colleges">Under construction and planned medical and engineering colleges</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=85" title="Edit section: Under construction and planned medical and engineering colleges"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Medical college <a href="/wiki/Bhawanipatna" title="Bhawanipatna">Bhawanipatna</a><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Medical college <a href="/wiki/Keonjhar" class="mw-redirect" title="Keonjhar">Keonjhar</a> by ahayog Healthcare and Research Foundation<sup id="cite_ref-dailypioneer.com_56-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailypioneer.com-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Medical college Jagatpur, <a href="/wiki/Cuttack" title="Cuttack">Cuttack</a> by ahayog Healthcare and Research Foundation<sup id="cite_ref-dailypioneer.com_56-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailypioneer.com-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Medical college <a href="/wiki/Talcher" title="Talcher">Talcher</a> by MCL<sup id="cite_ref-dailypioneer.com_56-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dailypioneer.com-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Hitech medical college <a href="/wiki/Rourkela" title="Rourkela">Rourkela</a><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Medical college <a href="/wiki/Rourkela" title="Rourkela">Rourkela</a> by <a href="/wiki/Steel_Authority_of_India_Limited" title="Steel Authority of India Limited">SAIL</a> upgrading the IGH<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Govt Medical college <a href="/wiki/Bolangir" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolangir">Bolangir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Balesore" class="mw-redirect" title="Balesore">Balesore</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Central university Koraput will establish a medical college at <a href="/wiki/Koraput" title="Koraput">Koraput</a><sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceA_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceA-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> ESIC medical college <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> AIIMS <a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Medical college at <a href="/wiki/Angul" title="Angul">Angul</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> University in western Orissa with the partnership between government and industries<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upgradation Jharsuguda engineering school to engineering college<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A medical college between jharsuguda and Sundargarh by the mines operating there<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A power management institute to be established at Jharsuguda<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_63-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2 branch of XIMB bhubaneswar at <a href="/wiki/Sambalpur" title="Sambalpur">Sambalpur</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bolangir" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolangir">Bolangir</a><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Summary,<sup id="cite_ref-ReferenceB_63-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ReferenceB-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_legislation_pertaining_to_higher_education">State legislation pertaining to higher education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=86" title="Edit section: State legislation pertaining to higher education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Odisha state legislative assembly (Vidhan Sabha) will be formulating a Private Universities Act to facilitate the growth of private universities such as Vedanta University, Sri Sri University. The higher education department of the state will draft the bill, which will be referred to the law department, before being placed in the assembly. This bill would guarantee the fiscal and administrative autonomy for private institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Vedanta_University_act">Vedanta University act</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=87" title="Edit section: Vedanta University act"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Odisha legislature was going to consider a specific act to make Vedanta university a statutory body.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> After the passage of the act, the university would have established its own, independent governing board, where the Odisha government would not exercise any control.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (December 2012)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Later news reports suggested that the plan for the Vedanta University was a "closed chapter" <sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Problems">Problems</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=88" title="Edit section: Problems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until 2007, the Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) of the Government of India had set up several premier technical institutes, across the country that produce India's world class talent pool in science, engineering, and management, and contribute strongly to the economic development of the state where they are located as well as the nation. These institutions included the original seven <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Technology" title="Indian Institutes of Technology">IITs</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Science" title="Indian Institute of Science">Indian Institute of Science</a>, the original five <a href="/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Management" title="Indian Institutes of Management">IIMs</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Indian_Statistical_Institute" title="Indian Statistical Institute">Indian Statistical Institute</a>, several earlier central universities, and a few other smaller institutions, all of which receive direct funding from the center.<sup id="cite_ref-chitta1_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chitta1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were reports of large scale discrimination in setting up these institutions of higher learning against a few states, especially Odisha.<sup id="cite_ref-HEdivide_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HEdivide-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was observed within scholarly circles that Odisha was routinely discriminated against by the Indian government, which had caused the state to lag behind the rest of the nation in terms of infrastructure, poverty reduction, literacy, education, and health until very recently.<sup id="cite_ref-Haan1_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haan1-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Haan2_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Haan2-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Malik1_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Malik1-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Shah1_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Shah1-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until recently, none of the premier institutions of national importance were located in the state of Odisha.<sup id="cite_ref-np1_81-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-np1-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-np2_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-np2-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-np3_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-np3-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-np4_84-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-np4-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In terms of per capita funding received from the HRD ministry, it was among the bottom-most of all states along with Bihar and Rajasthan, and a few very small states in the north eastern region.<sup id="cite_ref-chitta1_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chitta1-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-newtable_85-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newtable-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-86" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The non-allocation of quality educational institutions to the state of Odisha by New Delhi has been interpreted by various quarters, ranging from politicians to Odia academics living abroad, as proof of discrimination against the state by the HRD ministry. Odisha, the 9th largest state of India, which has 3.6% of the population of India and abundance of natural resources, received a minuscule 0.73% of the allocated budget.<sup id="cite_ref-HEdivide_72-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HEdivide-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-newtable_85-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-newtable-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-h1_87-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h1-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-89" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The inequitable distribution of resources by the central government to the various states was identified in 1991 as a cause of regional disparities.<sup id="cite_ref-h1_87-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h1-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Studies had blamed central government policies above any other factor, as the cause of Odisha's recent backwardness.<sup id="cite_ref-h1_87-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-h1-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-94" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There were also early allegations of discrimination in establishing newer institutions, such as the IIESTs, a group of technical institutions planned to be IIT clones. They were set up by upgrading existing NITs and other state funded prominent engineering institutions. Several institutions have been identified by the Indian government for this purpose,<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but none in Odisha, which had the University College of Engineering at Burla, one of the oldest in India,<sup id="cite_ref-98" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as NIT, Rourkela which ranked higher than four of the five institutions that were selected.<sup id="cite_ref-us.rediff.com_38-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-us.rediff.com-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has been alleged that the government had originally picked Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha as one of the locations for an IISER, which was later shifted to Kolkata.<sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of 2009, there is a demand for one of the new IIMs to be established in Odisha, on grounds that the state is witnessing large-scale foreign investment, and because until recently, it had been the bottom-most state in Indian central government funded institutions.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-101" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-101"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>101<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Education_in_Odisha&action=edit&section=89" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Orissa_Flag%28INDIA%29.png/24px-Orissa_Flag%28INDIA%29.png" decoding="async" width="24" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Orissa_Flag%28INDIA%29.png/36px-Orissa_Flag%28INDIA%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Orissa_Flag%28INDIA%29.png/48px-Orissa_Flag%28INDIA%29.png 2x" data-file-width="680" data-file-height="454" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">State</a> of <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div>Capital: <b><a href="/wiki/Bhubaneswar" title="Bhubaneswar">Bhubaneswar</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_state_symbols" title="List of Indian state symbols">State symbols</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Odisha" title="Government of Odisha">Governance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Odisha" title="List of governors of Odisha">Governors</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_chief_ministers_of_Odisha" title="List of chief ministers of Odisha">Chief ministers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odisha_Legislative_Assembly" title="Odisha Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_constituencies_of_the_Odisha_Legislative_Assembly" title="List of constituencies of the Odisha Legislative Assembly">Constituencies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orissa_High_Court" title="Orissa High Court">High Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odisha_Police" title="Odisha Police">Police</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_Odisha" title="Elections in Odisha">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Odisha" title="Politics of Odisha">Politics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Odisha_Human_Rights_Commission" title="Odisha Human Rights Commission">Human Rights Commission</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/History_of_Odisha" title="History of Odisha">History</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kalinga_(historical_region)" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalinga (historical region)">Kalinga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rulers_of_Odisha" title="List of rulers of Odisha">Rulers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahameghavahana_dynasty" title="Mahameghavahana dynasty">Mahameghavahana dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Murunda_dynasty" title="Murunda dynasty">Murunda dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nala_dynasty" title="Nala dynasty">Nala dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mathara_dynasty" title="Mathara dynasty">Mathara dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pitrbhakta_dynasty" title="Pitrbhakta dynasty">Pitrbhakta dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shailodbhava_dynasty" title="Shailodbhava dynasty">Shailodbhava dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhauma-Kara_dynasty" title="Bhauma-Kara dynasty">Bhauma-Kara dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhanja_dynasty" title="Bhanja dynasty">Bhanja dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somavamshi_dynasty" title="Somavamshi dynasty">Somavamshi dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_Ganga_dynasty" title="Eastern Ganga dynasty">Eastern Ganga dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gajapati_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Gajapati Empire">Gajapati Empire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhoi_dynasty" title="Bhoi dynasty">Bhoi dynasty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Orissa_Tributary_States" title="Orissa Tributary States">Orissa Tributary States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utkal_Sammilani" title="Utkal Sammilani">Utkal Sammilani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_sites_in_Odisha" title="Historic sites in Odisha">Historic sites</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maritime_history_of_Odisha" title="Maritime history of Odisha">Maritime history of Odisha</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Odisha" title="Geography of Odisha">Geography</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Flora_and_fauna_of_Odisha" title="Flora and fauna of Odisha">Flora and Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forests_in_Odisha" title="Forests in Odisha">Forests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Utkal_Plains" title="Utkal Plains">Utkal Plains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garhjat_Hills" title="Garhjat Hills">Garhjat Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chilika_Lake" title="Chilika Lake">Chilika Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deomali_(mountain)" title="Deomali (mountain)">Deomali (Highest point)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Kalam_Island" title="Abdul Kalam Island">Abdul Kalam Island</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_districts_of_Odisha" title="List of districts of Odisha">Districts</a><br />by<br /><a href="/wiki/Divisions_of_Odisha" class="mw-redirect" title="Divisions of Odisha">division</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Northern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angul_district" title="Angul district">Angul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balangir_district" title="Balangir district">Balangir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bargarh_district" title="Bargarh district">Bargarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Debagarh_district" title="Debagarh district">Debagarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhenkanal_district" title="Dhenkanal district">Dhenkanal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jharsuguda_district" title="Jharsuguda district">Jharsuguda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendujhar_district" title="Kendujhar district">Kendujhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sambalpur_district" title="Sambalpur district">Sambalpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subarnapur_district" title="Subarnapur district">Subarnapur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sundergarh_district" title="Sundergarh district">Sundergarh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Central</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Balasore_district" title="Balasore district">Balasore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bhadrak_district" title="Bhadrak district">Bhadrak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuttack_district" title="Cuttack district">Cuttack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jagatsinghpur_district" title="Jagatsinghpur district">Jagatsinghpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jajpur_district" title="Jajpur district">Jajpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendrapara_district" title="Kendrapara district">Kendrapara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khordha_district" title="Khordha district">Khordha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mayurbhanj_district" title="Mayurbhanj district">Mayurbhanj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nayagarh_district" title="Nayagarh district">Nayagarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Puri_district" title="Puri district">Puri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left; background-color: #eee;">Southern</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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district">Cuddalore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Delhi" title="Education in Delhi">Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Dharmapuri_district" title="List of educational institutions in Dharmapuri district">Dharmapuri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Dharwad" title="List of educational institutions in Dharwad">Dharwad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Erode_district" title="List of educational institutions in Erode district">Erode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Gobichettipalayam" title="List of educational institutions in Gobichettipalayam">Gobichettipalayam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Hyderabad" title="List of educational institutions in Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Indore" title="List of educational institutions in Indore">Indore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Jhansi" title="List of educational institutions in Jhansi">Jhansi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Kolkata" title="Education in Kolkata">Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_and_colleges_in_Kollam_district" class="mw-redirect" title="List of universities and colleges in Kollam district">Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Kozhikode_district" title="List of educational institutions in Kozhikode district">Kozhikode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Krishnagiri_district" title="List of educational institutions in Krishnagiri district">Krishnagiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Lucknow" title="List of educational institutions in Lucknow">Lucknow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_institutes_in_Madurai_district" title="List of colleges and institutes in Madurai district">Madurai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Meerut_district" title="List of educational institutions in Meerut district">Meerut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Nagpur" title="List of educational institutions in Nagpur">Nagpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Namakkal_district" title="List of educational institutions in Namakkal district">Namakkal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Patna" title="List of educational institutions in Patna">Patna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Perambalur_district" title="List of educational institutions in Perambalur district">Perambalur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Pudukkottai_district" class="mw-redirect" title="List of educational institutions in Pudukkottai district">Pudukkottai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Rourkela" title="Education in Rourkela">Rourkela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Salem,_India" title="List of educational institutions in Salem, India">Salem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Thalassery" title="List of educational institutions in Thalassery">Thalassery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Tiruchirappalli" title="List of educational institutions in Tiruchirappalli">Tiruchirappalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Thanjavur" title="List of educational institutions in Thanjavur">Thanjavur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Vijayawada" class="mw-redirect" title="Education in Vijayawada">Vijayawada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Visakhapatnam" title="List of educational institutions in Visakhapatnam">Visakhapatnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em">Multi-location institutes</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Institutes_of_Medical_Sciences" title="All India Institutes of Medical Sciences">All India Institutes of Medical Sciences</a>(AIIMS)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Management" title="Indian Institutes of Management">Indian Institutes of Management</a>(IIM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Technology" title="Indian Institutes of Technology">Indian Institutes of Technology</a>(IIT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Information_Technology" title="Indian Institutes of Information Technology">Indian Institutes of Information Technology</a>(IIIT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Science" title="Indian Institute of Science">Indian Institute of Science</a>(IIsc)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Science_Education_and_Research" title="Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research">Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research</a>(IISER)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="National Institutes of Technology">National Institutes of Technology</a>(NIT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Fashion_Technology" title="National Institute of Fashion Technology">National Institute of Fashion Technology</a>(NIFT)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Design" title="National Institute of Design">National Institute of Design</a>(NID)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Pharmaceutical_Education_and_Research" title="National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research">National Institutes of Pharmaceutical Education and Research</a>(NIPER)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schools_of_Planning_and_Architecture" title="Schools of Planning and Architecture">Schools of Planning and Architecture</a>(SPA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Tourism_and_Travel_Management" title="Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management">Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management</a>(IITTM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Hotel_Management" title="Institute of Hotel Management">Institute of Hotel Management</a>(IHM)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Law_Universities" title="National Law Universities">National Law Universities</a> (NLU)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em">Universities</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_university_(India)" title="Central university (India)">Central universities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/State_university_(India)" title="State university (India)">State university</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deemed_university" title="Deemed university">Deemed university</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_private_universities_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of private universities in India"> Private university</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em">Leagues</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Institutes_of_Eminence" class="mw-redirect" title="Institutes of Eminence">Institutes of Eminence (IoE)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_of_National_Importance" class="mw-redirect" title="Institute of National Importance">Institutes of National Importance</a>(INI)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em">Acts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Institute_under_State_Legislature_Act" title="Institute under State Legislature Act">Institute under State Legislature Act</a> (IuSLAs)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Technology_Act,_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007">National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institutes_of_Technology_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Institutes of Technology Act">Institutes of Technology Act</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em">Commission</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/University_Grants_Commission_(India)" title="University Grants Commission (India)">UGC</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em">Entrance examinations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Entrance_Examination_%E2%80%93_Advanced" title="Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced">Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Graduate_Aptitude_Test_in_Engineering" title="Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering">Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_Admission_Test" title="Common Admission Test">Common Admission Test</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joint_Admission_Test_for_M.Sc." class="mw-redirect" title="Joint Admission Test for M.Sc.">Joint Admission Test for M.Sc.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Reservation_policy_in_Indian_Institutes_of_Technology" title="Reservation policy in Indian Institutes of Technology">Policy of Reservation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Common_Entrance_Examination_for_Design" title="Common Entrance Examination for Design">Common Entrance Examination for Design</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Eligibility_cum_Entrance_Test_(Undergraduate)" title="National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (Undergraduate)">National Eligibility cum Entrance Test</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Higher_education_in_India" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Higher_education_in_India" title="Higher education in India">Higher education in India</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em">Regulating organisations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Higher_Education_(India)" title="Department of Higher Education (India)">Department of Higher Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/University_Grants_Commission_(India)" title="University Grants Commission (India)">University Grants Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Assessment_and_Accreditation_Council" title="National Assessment and Accreditation Council">National Assessment and Accreditation Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Accreditation" title="National Board of Accreditation">National Board of Accreditation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em">Professional councils</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Council_for_Technical_Education" title="All India Council for Technical Education">All India Council for Technical Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bar_Council_of_India" title="Bar Council of India">Bar Council of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Council_of_Homeopathy" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Council of Homeopathy">Central Council of Homeopathy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Council_of_Indian_Medicine" title="Central Council of Indian Medicine">Central Council of Indian Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Architecture" title="Council of Architecture">Council of Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dental_Council_of_India" title="Dental Council of India">Dental Council of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Distant_Education_Bureau" title="Distant Education Bureau">Distant Education Bureau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Council_of_Agricultural_Research" title="Indian Council of Agricultural Research">Indian Council of Agricultural Research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Nursing_Council" title="Indian Nursing Council">Indian Nursing Council</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medical_Council_of_India" title="Medical Council of India">Medical Council of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Council_for_Teacher_Education" title="National Council for Teacher Education">National Council for Teacher Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Medical_Commission" title="National Medical Commission">National Medical Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pharmacy_Council_of_India" title="Pharmacy Council of India">Pharmacy Council of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rehabilitation_Council_of_India" title="Rehabilitation Council of India">Rehabilitation Council of India</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em">Institutions<br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_India" title="List of institutions of higher education in India">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Institutes_of_National_Importance" title="Institutes of National Importance">Institutes of National Importance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Institutes_of_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="National Institutes of Technology">National Institutes of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Technology" title="Indian Institutes of Technology">Indian Institutes of Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institutes_of_Management" title="Indian Institutes of Management">Indian Institutes of Management</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Universities (<a href="/wiki/List_of_universities_in_India" title="List of universities in India">list</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_university_(India)" title="Central university (India)">Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_universities_in_India" title="List of state universities in India">State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_deemed_universities" title="List of deemed universities">Deemed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_private_universities_in_India" title="List of state private universities in India">State Private</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_autonomous_higher_education_institutes_in_India" title="List of autonomous higher education institutes in India">Other autonomous</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Institutions by type</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_agricultural_universities_in_India" title="List of agricultural universities in India">Agriculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_architecture_schools#India" title="List of architecture schools">Architecture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_business_schools_in_Asia#India" title="List of business schools in Asia">Business</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_dental_colleges_in_India" title="List of dental colleges in India">Dentistry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Engineering_universities_and_colleges_in_India" title="Category:Engineering universities and colleges in India">Engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_forestry_universities_and_colleges#India" title="List of forestry universities and colleges">Forestry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Islamic_universities_and_colleges_in_India" title="List of Islamic universities and colleges in India">Islamic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_schools_in_India" title="List of law schools in India">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_medical_colleges_in_India" title="List of medical colleges in India">Medicine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Nursing_in_India" title="Category:Nursing in India">Nursing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_pharmacy_schools#India" title="List of pharmacy schools">Pharmacy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_teacher_education_schools_in_India" title="List of teacher education schools in India">Teaching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_of_veterinary_medicine#Schools_of_veterinary_medicine_in_India" title="List of schools of veterinary medicine">Veterinary</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Institutions by state</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Andhra_Pradesh" title="List of institutions of higher education in Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Arunachal_Pradesh" title="List of institutions of higher education in Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Assam" title="List of institutions of higher education in Assam">Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Bihar" title="List of institutions of higher education in Bihar">Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Chandigarh" title="List of institutions of higher education in Chandigarh">Chandigarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Chhattisgarh" title="List of institutions of higher education in Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Delhi" title="List of institutions of higher education in Delhi">Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Goa" title="List of institutions of higher education in Goa">Goa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Gujarat" title="List of institutions of higher education in Gujarat">Gujarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Haryana" title="List of institutions of higher education in Haryana">Haryana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Himachal_Pradesh" title="List of institutions of higher education in Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="List of institutions of higher education in Jammu and Kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Jharkhand" title="List of institutions of higher education in Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Karnataka" title="List of institutions of higher education in Karnataka">Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Kerala" title="List of institutions of higher education in Kerala">Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Madhya_Pradesh" title="List of institutions of higher education in Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_higher_education_institutions_in_Maharashtra" class="mw-redirect" title="List of higher education institutions in Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Manipur" title="List of institutions of higher education in Manipur">Manipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Meghalaya" title="Education in Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Mizoram" title="List of institutions of higher education in Mizoram">Mizoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Nagaland" title="List of institutions of higher education in Nagaland">Nagaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Odisha" title="List of institutions of higher education in Odisha">Odisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Puducherry" title="List of educational institutions in Puducherry">Puducherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Punjab,_India" title="List of institutions of higher education in Punjab, India">Punjab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Rajasthan" title="List of institutions of higher education in Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Sikkim" title="List of institutions of higher education in Sikkim">Sikkim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Tamil_Nadu" title="List of institutions of higher education in Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Telangana" title="List of institutions of higher education in Telangana">Telangana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Tripura" title="List of institutions of higher education in Tripura">Tripura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Uttar_Pradesh" title="List of institutions of higher education in Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_Uttarakhand" title="List of institutions of higher education in Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_institutions_of_higher_education_in_West_Bengal" class="mw-redirect" title="List of institutions of higher education in West Bengal">West Bengal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:12em">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shodhganga" title="Shodhganga">Shodhganga</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="School_education_in_India" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">School education in India</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em">Boards of<br />education<br />(list)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">International</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/International_Baccalaureate" title="International Baccalaureate">International Baccalaureate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_Assessment_International_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambridge Assessment International Education">Cambridge Assessment International Education</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_Board_of_Secondary_Education" title="Central Board of Secondary Education">Central Board of Secondary Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Tibetan_School_Administration" title="Central Tibetan School Administration">Central Tibetan School Administration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_for_the_Indian_School_Certificate_Examinations" title="Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations">Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Open_Schooling" title="National Institute of Open Schooling">National Institute of Open Schooling</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">State</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Andhra Pradesh <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh_Board_of_Secondary_Education" title="Andhra Pradesh Board of Secondary Education">Secondary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Board_of_Intermediate_Education,_Andhra_Pradesh" title="Board of Intermediate Education, Andhra Pradesh">Intermediate</a></li></ul></li> <li>Assam <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Board_of_Secondary_Education,_Assam" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Secondary Education, Assam">Secondary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Assam_Higher_Secondary_Education_Council" title="Assam Higher Secondary Education Council">Higher Secondary</a></li></ul></li> <li>Bihar <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bihar_School_Examination_Board" title="Bihar School Examination Board">School</a></li> <li>Intermediate</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chhattisgarh_Board_of_Secondary_Education" title="Chhattisgarh Board of Secondary Education"> Chhattisgarh</a></li> <li>Goa</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gujarat_Secondary_and_Higher_Secondary_Education_Board" title="Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board">Gujarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haryana_Board_of_School_Education" title="Haryana Board of School Education">Haryana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh_Board_of_School_Education" title="Himachal Pradesh Board of School Education">Himachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_State_Board_of_School_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Jammu and Kashmir State Board of School Education">Jammu & Kashmir</a></li> <li>Karnataka <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Secondary_Education_Examination_Board" title="Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board">Secondary</a></li> <li>Pre-University</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Higher_Secondary_Examination_Board" class="mw-redirect" title="Kerala Higher Secondary Examination Board">Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Board_of_Secondary_Education,_Madhya_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Secondary Education, Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maharashtra_State_Board_of_Secondary_and_Higher_Secondary_Education" title="Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education">Maharashtra</a></li> <li>Manipur <ul><li>Secondary</li> <li>Higher Secondary</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meghalaya_Board_of_School_Education" title="Meghalaya Board of School Education">Meghalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mizoram_Board_of_School_Education" title="Mizoram Board of School Education">Mizoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nagaland_Board_of_School_Education" title="Nagaland Board of School Education">Nagaland</a></li> <li>Odisha <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Board_of_Secondary_Education,_Odisha" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Secondary Education, Odisha">Secondary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_Higher_Secondary_Education,_Odisha" class="mw-redirect" title="Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha">Higher Secondary</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Punjab_School_Education_Board" title="Punjab School Education Board">Punjab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Board_of_Secondary_Education,_Rajasthan" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></li> <li>Tamil Nadu <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Government_Examinations" title="Directorate of Government Examinations">Secondary</a></li> <li>Higher Secondary</li></ul></li> <li>Telangana <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Telangana_Board_of_Secondary_Education" title="Telangana Board of Secondary Education">Secondary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telangana_Board_of_Intermediate_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Telangana Board of Intermediate Education">Intermediate</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripura_Board_of_Secondary_Education" title="Tripura Board of Secondary Education">Tripura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Board_of_High_School_and_Intermediate_Education_Uttar_Pradesh" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of High School and Intermediate Education Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uttarakhand_Board_of_School_Education" title="Uttarakhand Board of School Education">Uttarakhand</a></li> <li>West Bengal <ul><li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Board_of_Primary_Education" title="West Bengal Board of Primary Education">Primary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Board_of_Secondary_Education" title="West Bengal Board of Secondary Education">Secondary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Council_of_Higher_Secondary_Education" title="West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education">Higher Secondary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Council_of_Rabindra_Open_Schooling" title="West Bengal Council of Rabindra Open Schooling">Open</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_State_Council_of_Technical_and_Vocational_Education_and_Skill_Development" title="West Bengal State Council of Technical and Vocational Education and Skill Development">Vocational</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Bengal_Board_of_Madrasah_Education" title="West Bengal Board of Madrasah Education">Madrasah</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em">Schools<br />(<a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_India" title="List of schools in India">list</a>)<br />(<a href="/wiki/Category:Lists_of_schools_in_India" title="Category:Lists of schools in India">category</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By location</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Bangalore" title="List of schools in Bangalore">Bangalore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Chennai" title="List of schools in Chennai">Chennai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Gurgaon" title="List of educational institutions in Gurgaon">Gurgaon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Hisar" title="List of schools in Hisar">Hisar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Hyderabad,_India" title="List of schools in Hyderabad, India">Hyderabad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutes_in_Jamshedpur" title="List of educational institutes in Jamshedpur">Jamshedpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Kanpur" class="mw-redirect" title="List of schools in Kanpur">Kanpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Kolkata" title="List of schools in Kolkata">Kolkata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Kollam_district" title="List of schools in Kollam district">Kollam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Lucknow" title="List of educational institutions in Lucknow">Lucknow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_colleges_and_institutes_in_Madurai_district#Schools" title="List of colleges and institutes in Madurai district">Madurai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Mumbai#Schools" title="List of educational institutions in Mumbai">Mumbai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Patna" title="List of schools in Patna">Patna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Rajasthan" title="List of schools in Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Ranchi" class="mw-redirect" title="List of schools in Ranchi">Ranchi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_Rourkela" title="Education in Rourkela">Rourkela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Shillong" title="List of educational institutions in Shillong">Shillong</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Tiruchirappalli#Schools" title="List of educational institutions in Tiruchirappalli">Tiruchirappalli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Thiruvananthapuram_district" title="List of schools in Thiruvananthapuram district">Thiruvananthapuram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Udaipur,_Rajasthan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of schools in Udaipur, Rajasthan">Udaipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Vatakara" title="List of educational institutions in Vatakara">Vatakara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_educational_institutions_in_Visakhapatnam" title="List of educational institutions in Visakhapatnam">Visakhapatnam</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By type</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Railway_Schools_in_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway Schools in India">Railway Schools in India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Public_School_Society" title="Delhi Public School Society">Delhi Public School</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Delhi_Public_School_Society#List_of_institutions" title="Delhi Public School Society">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sainik_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Sainik School">Sainik School</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sainik_School#Sainik_Schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Sainik School">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendriya_Vidyalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Kendriya Vidyalaya">Kendriya Vidyalaya</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Kendriya_Vidyalayas" title="List of Kendriya Vidyalayas">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chinmaya_Vidyalayas" title="Chinmaya Vidyalayas">Chinmaya Vidyalayas</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chinmaya_Vidyalayas#List_of_Chinmaya_Vidyalayas" title="Chinmaya Vidyalayas">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atomic_Energy_Central_School" title="Atomic Energy Central School">Atomic Energy Central School</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Atomic_Energy_Central_School#List_of_AECS" title="Atomic Energy Central School">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_Public_Schools" title="Indian Army Public Schools">Indian Army Public Schools</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Army_Public_Schools#List_of_some_prominent_Army_Public_Schools" title="Indian Army Public Schools">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jawahar_Navodaya_Vidyalaya" title="Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya">Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jawahar_Navodaya_Vidyalaya#List_of_Schools" title="Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_boarding_schools_in_India" title="List of boarding schools in India">List of boarding schools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_schools_in_India" title="List of international schools in India">List of international schools</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By state</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Maharashtra" title="List of schools in Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_schools_in_Rajasthan" title="List of schools in Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:14em">Other<br />topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Secondary_School_Examination" title="All India Secondary School Examination">All India Secondary School Examination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Board_examination" title="Board examination">Board examination</a></li> <li><a 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title="Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan">Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vivekananda_Educational_Society" title="Vivekananda Educational Society">Vivekananda Vidyalaya</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vivekananda_Educational_Society#List_of_schools" title="Vivekananda Educational Society">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_International_Group_of_Institutions" title="Ryan International Group of Institutions">Ryan International Schools</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ryan_International_Group_of_Institutions#Schools" title="Ryan International Group of Institutions">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D.A.V._College_Managing_Committee" title="D.A.V. 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class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Autonomous</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Buxi_Jagabandhu_Bidyadhar_College" title="Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College">Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhenkanal_College" title="Dhenkanal College">Dhenkanal College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Autonomous_College,_Angul" title="Government Autonomous College, Angul">Government Autonomous College, Angul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_Autonomous_College,_Rourkela" title="Government Autonomous College, Rourkela">Government Autonomous College, Rourkela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jatiya_Kabi_Bira_Kishore_Government_and_Junior_College,_Cuttack" title="Jatiya Kabi Bira Kishore Government and Junior College, Cuttack">J.K.B.K Government and Junior College, Cuttack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/N.C._Autonomous_College,_Jajpur" title="N.C. Autonomous College, Jajpur">N.C. Autonomous College, Jajpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sailabala_Women%27s_College,_Cuttack" title="Sailabala Women's College, Cuttack">Sailabala Women's College, Cuttack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vikram_Deb_Autonomous_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Vikram Deb Autonomous College">Vikram Deb Autonomous College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Junior</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Government_Junior_College,_Rourkela" title="Government Junior College, Rourkela">Government Junior College, Rourkela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushilavati_Government_Women%27s_Junior_College,_Rourkela" title="Sushilavati Government Women's Junior College, Rourkela">Sushilavati Government Women's Junior College, Rourkela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Aided and constituent</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Binayak_Acharya_College" title="Binayak Acharya College">Binayak Acharya College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_College,_Koraput" title="Government College, Koraput">Government College, Koraput</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dharanidhar_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Dharanidhar College">Dharanidhar College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Panchayat_College,_Bargarh" title="Panchayat College, Bargarh">Panchayat College, Bargarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rajdhani_College,_Bhubaneswar" title="Rajdhani College, Bhubaneswar">Rajdhani College, Bhubaneswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sushilavati_Government_Women%27s_College,_Rourkela" title="Sushilavati Government Women's College, Rourkela">Sushilavati Government Women's College, Rourkela</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Private</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Autonomous colleges</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ispat_Autonomous_College,_Rourkela" title="Ispat Autonomous College, Rourkela">Ispat Autonomous College, Rourkela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kendrapara_Autonomous_College,_Kendrapara" class="mw-redirect" title="Kendrapara Autonomous College, Kendrapara">Kendrapara Autonomous College, Kendrapara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rayagada_Autonomous_College,_Rayagada" title="Rayagada Autonomous College, Rayagada">Rayagada Autonomous College, Rayagada</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talcher_Autonomous_College" title="Talcher Autonomous 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href="/wiki/Larambha_College" title="Larambha College">Larambha College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laxminarayan_College,_Jharsuguda" title="Laxminarayan College, Jharsuguda">Laxminarayan College, Jharsuguda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Municipal_College,_Rourkela" title="Municipal College, Rourkela">Municipal College, Rourkela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nilakantheswar_Mahavidyalaya" title="Nilakantheswar Mahavidyalaya">Nilakantheswar Mahavidyalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rourkela_Law_College" title="Rourkela Law College">Rourkela Law College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadhu_Goureswar_College" title="Sadhu Goureswar College">Sadhu Goureswar College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Subalaya_College,_Subalaya" title="Subalaya College, Subalaya">Subalaya College, Subalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonepur_College" title="Sonepur College">Sonepur College</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/All_India_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences_Bhubaneswar" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar">All India Institute of Medical Sciences Bhubaneswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Institute_of_Freshwater_Aquaculture" title="Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture">Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Institute_of_Plastic_Engineering_and_Technology,_Bhubaneswar" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar">Central Institute of Plastic Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demonstration_Multipurpose_School,_Bhubaneswar" title="Demonstration Multipurpose School, Bhubaneswar">Demonstration Multipurpose School, Bhubaneswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Directorate_of_Technical_Education_%26_Training,_Odisha" title="Directorate of Technical Education & Training, Odisha">Directorate of Technical Education & Training, Odisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hi-Tech_Medical_College_%26_Hospital,_Bhubaneswar" title="Hi-Tech Medical College & Hospital, Bhubaneswar">Hi-Tech Medical College & Hospital, Bhubaneswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Management_Sambalpur" title="Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur">Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Science_Education_and_Research_Berhampur" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur">Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Berhampur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Indian_Institute_of_Technology_Bhubaneswar" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar">Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Management_and_Information_Technology,_Cuttack" title="Institute of Management and Information Technology, Cuttack">Institute of Management and Information Technology, Cuttack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Minerals_and_Materials_Technology" title="Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology">Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Institute_of_Mathematics_and_Applications,_Bhubaneswar" title="Institute of Mathematics and Applications, Bhubaneswar">Institute of Mathematics and Applications, Bhubaneswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/International_Institute_of_Information_Technology,_Bhubaneswar" title="International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar">International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MKCG_Medical_College_and_Hospital" class="mw-redirect" title="MKCG Medical College and Hospital">MKCG Medical College and Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Technology,_Rourkela" title="National Institute of Technology, Rourkela">National Institute of Technology, Rourkela</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Science_Education_and_Research" title="National Institute of Science Education and Research">National Institute of Science Education and Research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Rehabilitation_Training_and_Research" class="mw-redirect" title="National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research">National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pandit_Raghunath_Murmu_Medical_College_and_Hospital" title="Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital">Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Institute_of_Education,_Bhubaneswar" title="Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar">Regional Institute of Education, Bhubaneswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Medical_Research_Center,_Bhubaneswar" title="Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar">Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saheed_Laxman_Nayak_Medical_College_and_Hospital" title="Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and Hospital">Saheed Laxman Nayak Medical College and Hospital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shri_Ramachandra_Bhanj_Medical_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Shri Ramachandra Bhanj Medical College">Shri Ramachandra Bhanj Medical College</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Veer_Surendra_Sai_Institute_of_Medical_Sciences_and_Research" title="Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research">Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Government bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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