Odisha University of Technology and Research
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English {{#invoke:Infobox|infobox}}Template:Template otherTemplate:Main other{{#if:Odisha University of Technology and Research Logo.png|Template:Main other }}{{#if:|Template:Main other }}{{#if:|Template:Main other }}{{#invoke:check for unknown parameters|check |unknown=Template:Main other|preview=Page using Template:Infobox university with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y | academic_affiliation | academic_affiliations | academic_staff | accreditation | address | administrative_staff | affiliation | affiliations | athletics_affiliations | athletics_nickname | athletics_nicknames | budget | campus | campus_type | campus_size | canton | caption | chair | chairman | chairperson | chancellor | city | closed | colors | colours | coor | coordinates | country | dean | director | doctoral | embedded | endowment | enrollment | established | faculty | footnotes | former_name | former_names | founder | founders | free | free1 | free2 | free_label | free_label1 | free_label2 | head | head_label | image | image_alt | image_name | image_size | image_upright | language | latin_name | location | logo | logo_alt | logo_size | logo_upright | map_size | mascot | mascots | module | motto | mottoeng | motto_lang | mottoeng | name | native_name | native_name_lang | nickname | nrhp | officer_in_charge | other | other_name | other_names | other_students | parent | postalcode | postcode | postgrad | prefecture | president | principal | province | provost | pushpin_label_position | pushpin_map | pushpin_map_caption | rector | region | religious_affiliation | sporting_affiliations | sports_free | sports_free1 | sports_free2 | sports_free3 | sports_free_label | sports_free_label1 | sports_free_label2 | sports_free_label3 | sports_nickname | sports_nicknames | state | students | superintendent | top_free | top_free1 | top_free2 | top_free_label | top_free_label1 | top_free_label2 | total_staff | type | undergrad | vice_chancellor | vice-president | vice_president | visitor | website | zipcode }}{{#invoke:Check for clobbered parameters|check | template = Infobox university | cat = Template:Main other | image; image_name | other_names; other_name | former_names; former_name | founders; founder | academic_affiliations; academic_affiliation | academic_staff; faculty | campus_type; campus | other_students; other | location; address | location; city | location; address | location; canton | location; prefecture | location; province | location; region | location; state | location; country | location; postalcode | location; postcode | location; zipcode | postalcode; postcode; zipcode | coordinates; coor | colors; colours | free_label; free_label1 | free; free1 | athletics_nicknames; sports_nicknames; athletics_nickname; sports_nickname; nickname | athletics_affiliations; sporting_affiliations | affiliation; affiliations | mascots; mascot | nrhp; embedded; module }} Odisha University of Technology and Research (OUTR), formerly College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar (CETB), is a public unitary technical university under the state government of Odisha located in Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, India.<ref>"Govt Moots Academic Autonomy to CET", Express News Service — Bhubaneswar, 20 December 2013.</ref><ref>"CET seeks varsity status for fund flow", The Telegraph, 20 December 2013.</ref> It was established in 1981, by Government of Orissa, as a constituent college of Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Students are admitted to the college through the Joint Entrance Examination (main) merit list of Government of India. The Institute is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation. The Government of Odisha has granted unitary university status.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Academic departmentsEdit
OUTR is the third technical institution established by the Government of Odisha and has an annual intake of 1400 students. It has received accreditation from the National Board of Accreditation.<ref>Self Study Report, For Accreditation of College of Engineering & Technology, National Assessment and Accreditation Council, May 2015, http://cet.edu.in/noticefiles/104_UGC_NAAC_SSR.pdf.</ref>
The institute currently has 18 departments:
OUTR is one of two Institutes in Odisha to participate in the TEQIP — II project run by the World Bank and the National Ministry of Human Resources Development. Under the program, the institute hosts the following centers of excellence: Template:Columns-list
OUTR was accredited with an "A" grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council in January, 2017. Four UG programmes (Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Instrumentation & Electronics Engineering and Mechanical Engineering) of CETB have been accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) since July, 2016.
Academic programsEdit
A three-year B.Tech. degree for diploma holders as lateral entries is offered. All courses are full-time. In the 2014–15 academic year courses started including M.Tech. in every branch, and a 5-years integrated courses (integrated M.Sc.) along with a 2-years M.Sc. in applied physics, applied chemistry and mathematics and computing.
Each academic year consists of two semesters and a summer term. Education is organised around a credit system, which ensures continuous evaluation of a student's performance and provides flexibility to choose courses to suit the student's ability or convenience. Each course is assigned credits depending upon the class hours.
OUTR provides Bachelor of Technology degrees in 11 disciplines of engineering: Template:Columns-list
The Bachelor of Architecture degree is of five-year duration and the rest are of four-years duration. CETB/OUTR also offers a two-year Master of Computer Applications programme.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The typical enrolment is 60 to 120 for each of the programs.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The CETB/OUTR conducts an M.Tech. program in 20 specializations including: Template:Columns-list
OUTR provides M.Sc. and Integrated M.Sc. in the following disciplines of science
• Applied Physics
• Applied Chemistry
• Mathematics and computing
Eight departments conduct Ph.D. programmes. The Ph.D. programs are the following:
Admission process and examinationsEdit
B.Tech. and MCA admission to undergraduate degrees is made through a Joint Entrance Examination conducted each year by the government of Odisha or Joint Entrance Examination (main) merit list of Government of India. Students are eligible to appear for examinations provided they attend a minimum of 75 per cent of their theory, practical, and sessional classes scheduled during the semester.
Unitary university status and world class repute upgradeEdit
The state government has allocated fund of rupees 1500 crore ($200 million) for renovation to be spend per the designed Master Plan of the government & make it in par with IITs in terms quality education, research and offer a platform with academic program, research and entrepreneurship in sync with latest evolving technology around world. The main objective of the university will be to develop education, research and training in the fields of engineering, technology and information technology, act as a Centre for enhancing mutual cooperation and cooperation among teaching, research community and industries. Biju Patnaik University of Technology issued a no-objection certificate regarding the grant of unitary university status.<ref name=dailypioneer>Unitary University Status For CET Demanded, The Pioneer, Thursday, 31 December 2015, http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/unitary-university-status-for-cet-demanded.html</ref><ref name=navratnanews>CET Bhubaneswar observes Annual Alumni Meet, Demands for a Unitary University Status as Odisha Technological University (OTU), {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="newindianexpress">Alumni Meet of CET, page-2, The New Indian Express, 2 January 2016, Bhubaneswar, Late City Edition, [1].</ref><ref name="odishanewsinsight">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>35 years old Engineering College has been Ignored, When will CETB get University Status?, Odia Dailiy Sambad, 15 Oct 2016, http://www.sambadepaper.com/Details.aspx?id=294590&boxid=3123155#.WAOn2XM8Lnk.facebook Template:Webarchive</ref> The National Board of Accreditation team has visited the college to examine the college for a university status.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> As one of the first Government Institutes of Odisha, College of Engineering & Technology Bhubaneswar (CETB) has received the National Board of Accreditation.<ref>CET Bags NB Accreditation, 2016-May-04 | Bhubaneswar, http://www.tathya.in/2016/story.aspx?args=2A927ECAD131151AF8930CC0ABDF1FDCBAA7F615B40A176052C997E51FECAE36B28E32A9157E7E59 Template:Webarchive</ref> In May 2021, a memorandum was sent to Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik by the CET Students’ Union to take steps to declare CETB as a unitary university as Odisha University of Technology and Research, Bhubaneswar.<ref>Chief Minister Urged for Varsity Tag to CETB, Wednesday, 19 October 2016, The Pioneer, http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/chief-minister-urged-for-varsity-tag-to-cetb.html</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The state Cabinet approved CET Bhubaneswar the unitary university status. The Odisha Assembly passed the Odisha University of Technology and Research Bill, 2021, upgrading the College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar (CETB) into a non-affiliating unitary university.