Indian Institute of Technology
Rank | - | 01 |
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Short Name | - | IITB, IIT Bhubaneswar |
Institute Type | - | Public technical university established by the government of India |
Location | - | Bhubaneswar |
Admission Through | - | JEE Advanced and Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering |
Established | - | 2008 |
IIT Bhubaneswar is indeed the top engineering college in Odisha. Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar is a public engineering institution established by the government of India in 2008, located at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. The institute admits students into B. Tech, M. Tech and Ph.D. programs. IIT Bhubaneswar became the first amongst the eight new IITs to become operational with a sanctioned intake of 40 students each in the disciplines of Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering. Classes for the first batch of students started from the campus of IIT Kharagpur at Kharagpur. The Government of Odisha has allotted about 936 acres of Government land for permanent campus of the institute. IIT Bhubaneswar is the first IIT to set up a separate marine campus in 2011 for conducting research in rising sea levels, ecology, disaster management, marine ecosystems, fishery development, and other areas.