User:Sdsouza/Education in Orissa

The ruins of a major ancient university and center of Buddhist learning, Ratnagiri, were recently discovered in Orissa. Scholars from far away lands, such as Greece, Persia and China used to study philosophy, astronomy, mathematics and science at this famed University. Taxila, Nalanda and Ratnagiri are amongst the oldest universities in the world. The ruins of Ratnagiri University have not been fully excavated yet.

Orissa is home to many colleges and universities, deemed and otherwise. Although the central government  has so far denied Orissa any educational institution of national importance, Orissa will be witnessing the rise of several prominent academic institutions, mainly through private participation. India's first and only world class multidisciplinary university, Vedanta University will be built along the lines of major educational institutions of the world, such as Stanford and Harvard at the cost of US $3 billion. It will have 100,000 students and employ 20,000 faculty members, making it one of the largest university in the world.

The Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB) is a premier business school of national and international significance located in the state capital. The National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar (NISER) is another premier educational cum research institution that is being set up. It will be built along the lines of the reputed IISc, Bangalore. The idea of building a national level medical school and hospital, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), as well as an Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) in the state capital, Bhubaneswar have also been mooted. Even more recently, Reliance industries has expressed its intention of establishing a new Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology (DA-IICT), as well as a health city for medical education and research in Bhubaneswar. IIT Kharagpur will also establish a full-fledged 300 acre campus 30 km away from Bhubaneswar for 5,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. The Indian Ministry of Human Resources Development has also announced its intention of creating yet another IIT in Orissa, possibly by upgrading the University College of Engineering, Burla, under the 11th five year plan.

Entry to various institutes of higher education is through a centralised Joint Entrance Examination, conducted by the [Biju Pattnaik University and more recently through the Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted by Orissa Private Engineering College Association (OPECA) & Orissa Private Medical College Association (OPMCA) where seats are provided according to order of merit.

Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) is one of prominet educational institution which provide courses on Journalisim. 

Universities

 * Berhampur University, Bhanja Vihar, Berhampur.
 * Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Rourkela.
 * Fakir Mohan University, Byasa Vihar, Balasore.
 * Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology- Deemed University, Bhubaneswar.
 * North Orissa University, Sriram Chandra Vihar, Baripada
 * Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar.
 * Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Sambalpur.
 * Sri Aurobindo University, Cuttack.
 * Sri Jagannath Sanskrit Vishvavidhyalaya, Puri.
 * Utkal University, Vani Vihar, Bhubaneswar.
 * Utkal University of Culture, Bhubaneswar.
 * Vedanta University.
 * Sri Sri Ravi Shankar University, Naraj, Cuttack.

Technical & Engineering Institutions

 * Academy of Business Administration, ABA Balasore.
 * CSREM, Parlakhemundi.
 * Institute of Advanced Computer and Research, IACR Rayagada.
 * Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar (XIMB)
 * National Institute of Technology, NIT Rourkela. (Formerly REC)
 * National Institute of Computer Science, Rourkela, Uditnagar
 * College of Engineering and Technology, CET Bhubaneswar.
 * University College of Engineering, UCE Burla.
 * Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, IGIT Sarang.
 * Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar.
 * Orissa Computer Application Centre, OCAC Bhubaneswar.
 * Kalinga Institute of Technology And Science, KITS Bhubaneswar.
 * Institute Of Technical Education And Research, ITER Bhubaneswar.
 * National Institute of Science & Technology, NIST Berhampur.
 * Silicon Institute of Technology, Silicon Bhubaneswar.
 * C.V.Raman Engineering College, CVRaman Bhubaneswar.
 * Krupajal engineering college, KEC Bhubaneswar.
 * Orissa Engineering College, OEC Bhubaneswar.
 * Bhadrak Institute Of Engg & Technology, BIET Bhadrak.
 * Konark Institute of Science & Technology, KIST Bhubaneswar.
 * Synergy Institute of Engineering & Technology, SIET Dhenkanal.
 * Dhaneswar Rath Institute Of Engineering And Management Studies, DRIEMS Cuttack.
 * Ghanashyam Hemalata Institute of Technology and Management, GHITM Puri.
 * Gandhi Insititute of Engineering and Technology, GIET Gunupur.
 * Jaganath Institutate for Technology and Management, JITM Paralakhemundi.
 * Majhighariani Institute Of Technology and Science, MITS Rayagada.
 * Rourkela Institute of Management Studies, RIMS Rourkela.
 * Eastern Academy of Science and Technology, Bhubaneswar.
 * Purushottam Institute of Engineering & Technology, PIET Rourkela.
 * Padmanava College of Engineering, PCE Rourkela.
 * Mahavir Institute of Engineering & Technology, MIET Bhubaneswar.
 * Gopalkrishana College of Engineering & Management, Raniput, Jeypore.
 * Regional College of Management, RCM Bhubaneswar.
 * Dr. Ambedkar Memorial Institue Of Information And Technology, Jagda, Rourkela
 * National Institute of Science Education and Research, NISER Bhubaneswar.
 * Indian Institute of Technology KGP, Bhubaneswar Campus.
 * Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Dhenkanal
 * SITAM, Nandapur, Koraput.
 * Institute Of Management & Information Science (IMIS), Bhubaneswar
 * Indian Institute of Sceience and Information Technology(IISIT), Bhubaneswar

Medical Colleges

 * Shri Ramachandra Bhanj Medical College, SCB Cuttack.
 * Maharaja Krushna Chandra Gajapati Dev Medical College, MKCG Berhampur.
 * Veer Surendra Sai Medical college, VSS Burla.
 * Hi-Tech Medical College & Hospital, Bhubaneswar.
 * Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KIMS Bhubaneswar.
 * Auro Institute of Medical Science Pvt. Ltd.
 * Bhava Institute of Medical Science and Research, Bhubaneswar.
 * College of Medical Technology, Bhubaneswar.
 * Institute of Health Sciences, Paika Nagar, CRP Square, Bhubaneswar
 * Institute Of Integrated And Alternative Medical Science, Bhubaneswar.
 * Institute of Medical & Research Centre, Bhubaneswar.
 * Vargabi Medical College, Bhubaneswar.
 * Vikram Institute of Medical Technology, Bhubaneswar.
 * Institute of Medical Technology Research, Berhampur.
 * Shree Institute of Medical Technology, Berhampur.
 * Indian Institute of Medical Technology, Balasore.
 * Institute of Technical Information, Jagatsinghpur.
 * Orissa Institute of Mgt & Technology(OIMT), Jatani.
 * Orissa Medical College of Alternative Medicines, Naharkanta.
 * NIMMS, Bhubaneswar.

General Colleges

 * Adikavi Saraladas College, Tirtol, Jagatsinghpur.
 * Alaka Mahavidyalaya, Anakhia, Jagatsinghpur.
 * Banki College, Banki.
 * Bhadrak Autonomous College,Bhadrak.
 * Biju Pattanaik College, Antei, Kendrapara.
 * Binayak Acharya Science College, Berhampur.
 * Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar College, BJB College Bhubaneswar.
 * Brindavan Chandra Mahavidyalaya, Redhua.
 * Capital Law College, Bhubaneswar.
 * Choudwar College, Choudwar.
 * Christ College, Cuttack.
 * College of Basic Science and Humanities, Bhubaneswar.
 * DAV College, Titilagarh.
 * Devi Kandal Nityanand College, Laxmi Nrusingha Nagar, Cuttack.
 * Dharani Dhara College, Keonjhar.
 * Dhenkanal Autonomous College, Dhenkanal.
 * Fakir Mohan College, FM College, Balasore.
 * Gangadhar Meher College, Sambalpur.
 * Gokulananda Law College, Laxmisagar, Bhubaneswar.
 * Gopabandhu Science College, Athgarh, Cuttack
 * Goverment Autonomous College, Bhawanipatna [1960].
 * Government College, Sundargarh.
 * Harishpur Baladev Mahavidyalaya, Borikina, Jagatsinghpur.
 * Jawaharlal College, Patnagarh.
 * Kendrapara College, Kendrapara.
 * Kesinga Mahavidyalaya, Kesinga.
 * Khallikote Autonomous College, Berhampur.
 * Kharosrota College, Singhpur (Jajpur).
 * Lakshmi Narayan College, Jharsuguda.
 * Maharishi College of Natural Law, Bhubneswar.
 * Nayagarh Collage Nayagarh.
 * Narasingh Choudhary Autonomous College, NC College Jajpur.
 * Prananath Mahavidyalaya, Khurda.
 * Rama Devi Women's Collage, RD College Bhubaneswar.
 * Rajendra College, Bolangir.
 * Rajdhani College, Bhubaneswar.
 * Rama Chandra Mardaraj Science College, Khallikote.
 * Ravenshaw College, Cuttack.
 * Rayagada College, Rayagada.
 * Redhua College, Redhua, Jagatsinghpur.
 * Sadhu Goureswar College, Kanikapada, East Jajpur.
 * Sayala Vala (SV) Women's College, Cuttack.
 * Samanta Chandra Sekhar College, SCS College, Puri.
 * Science College, Hinjilicut.
 * S.K.C.G, Gajapati.
 * Stewart Science College, Cuttack.
 * Swami Vivekanand Memorial College, SVM College Jagatsinghpur.
 * Vikram Dev College, Jeypore, Koraput.
 * V N College, Jajpur Road.
 * Aeronautics College, Sunabeda.
 * DAV College, Koraput.
 * Rimuli College,Rimuli.
 * Barbil College,Barbil.
 * M.P.C (Auto)College,Takatpur,Baripada.

Pharmacy colleges

 * Jeypore College of Pharmacy, NH - 43, Jeypore
 * Roland Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Khodasingi,Ambapua, Berhampur
 * University College of Pharmacy,Mohuda, Berhampur

Rehabilitative Education

 * Chetna Institute for the Mentally Handicapped (Jewels International), Bhubaneswar
 * Institute of Health Sciences, Bhubaneswar
 * National Institute of Rehabilitation Training and Research, Olatpur
 * Open Learning System, Bhubaneswar
 * Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Centre, Bhubaneswar
 * Training Centre for Teachers of the Deaf (A Joint Project of State Govt. & AYJNIHH, Bhubaneswar
 * Training Centre for Teachers of the Visually Handicapped, Bhubaneswar

Ayurvedic and Homeopathic Colleges

 * Ayurvedic College, Baripada
 * Dr. Abhina Chandra Homoeopathic Medical College, Bhubaneswar
 * Gopabandhu Ayurveda Mahavidyalaya, Puri
 * Government Ayurveda College, Balangir
 * Government Homoeopathic Medical College, Berhampur
 * Indira Gandhi Ayurvedic College, Bhubaneswar
 * K.A.T.S. Ayurvedic College, Berhampur, Ganjam
 * Nrusingh Nath Ayurvedic College, Paikmal, Sambalpur