5 Premier Colleges in Odisha

Education is the most powerful weapon in the world. If you have a good education background then you will surely achieve your goals in life. And if it was from a good educational institute then your success is not so far. The growing number of colleges in India had become a headache for the parents to choose which one is better. But as we all know the best Educational institutes of India are owned by the Government of India and by the state Governments. The private colleges are just doing business. Education is the least important thing for them. That’s why the government colleges had a good reputation and quality education.

Now let’s talk about some of the educational institutes in Odisha. Beside the government colleges, more than 200 private colleges are there in Odisha, including all types of studies. In Odisha more than 100 private engineering colleges are present and from those only a few colleges give stress on education, others are just busy in counting money. 

Bhubaneswar being the capital of Odisha, most of the good government colleges was established here. As the number of student are increasing the seats in government colleges also increasing. But you have to work hard if you want to join a good college for your higher studies. From the number of good colleges in Odisha, here are the 5 Premier Colleges.

Premier Colleges in Odisha:

1.Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB)

Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) is one of the best business schools in India. It was founded in 1987 by a social contract between Government of Odisha and Odisha Jesuit Society. XIMB is located in Bhubaneswar, the Capital of Odisha. The campus of XIMB is around 20 acres. It has all the facilities for the students like library, canteen, hostel, play ground, gym and sports club. XIMB is being managed by a board of Governors consisting of representatives from Government of India and Odisha, the Jesuit Society and many other industrialist and educationalist.  XIMB had won a lot of awards and ranked with in 10 in many of the academic rankings.

2. IIT Bhubaneswar

On the 60th anniversary of India’s Independence Day, Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India announced about the expansion of IIT’s in the country. Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar is one of them. Although the campus of IIT Bhubaneswar was not ready so it started functioning from IIT Kharagpur on 23 July 2008 and then shifted to Bhubaneswar on 22 July 2009.The Director of IIT Bhubaneswar is Mr. Madhusudhan Chakraborty since 2009 and the acting director is Mr. Damodar Acharya. The campus of IIT Bhubaneswar is spread over 935 acres. As a new college most of the things are under construction so we have to wait for some time to see the real IIT Bhubaneswar. For time being its offering three courses in B.tech i.e. Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. M.tech is also there in IIT Bhubaneswar. The capacity of IIT Bhubaneswar is around 10,000 students which will be fulfilled in 3 to 4 years.

3. NIT Rourkela

NIT Rourkela is one of the oldest colleges of Odisha. Formerly it was Regional Engineering College which later became NIT Rourkela. It was established in 1961 as REC Rourkela. In the year 2007 under the National Institute of Technology Act, it got the NIT tag and became one of the 30 NIT’s in India. The current Director of NIT Rourkela is Prof. Sunil Kumar Sarangi. The campus of NIT Rourkela has spread over 1142 acres in the Steel City Rourkela. Nearly all branches of engineering and post graduates courses are ther in NIT Rourkela.  It has also several awards like Outstanding Engineering Institute (East) and Best Government College. NIT Rourkela has Student Activity Centre, Health Care, Institute Library and many Sports Facilities. With its high class teaching and faculties it one of the Premiere institute in Odisha.

4. NISER

The National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) was founded on 28 August 2006 by the Prime Minister of India. NISER being one of best educational institutes India has all the best facilities. The Chairman of NISER is Anil Kakodkar and Director is Tavarekere K. Chandrashekar. The 208 acres of campus has all the facilities like library, sports club,health care and play ground etc. NISER has Integrated MSc program and PhD program along with School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemical Sciences, School of Mathematical Sciences and School of Physical Sciences. \

5. IIIT Bhubaneswar 

International Institute of Information Technology Bhubaneswar (IIIT-BH) is an institute for information technology located in the temple city Bhubaneswar. IIIT-BH was established in 2006 by the Government of Odisha affiliated to Biju Pattnaik University of Technology. The institute was established as a Public Private Partnership initiative. The institute started operating in September 2007. The infrastructure of IIIT-BH is good as compared to other engineering colleges in Bhubaneswar. The college has library, hostels, classrooms, auditoriums and play ground. The institute offers Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Information Technology etc.