Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology

Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology was initially founded as University College of Engineering(UCE), Burla, under the direction of the Government of Odisha, as the first engineering college of the state, in 1956. The primary purpose of the college was to supplement white collar workers, in the form of electrical, civil, and mechanical engineers, to the nearby Hirakud Dam project. The foundation for the college was lain by the first Prime Minister of the country, Jawaharlal Nehru. The first batch contained 20 students, consisting of 3 branches, namely Civil Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The University later passed on to the administrative control of the Sambalpur University, and then under the control of the Biju Patnaik University of Technology. In 2008, the students of UCE actively campaigned for due recognition as an independent university, culminating in the university being founded in 2009.[3]

The University, located close to the world famous Hirakud dam, occupies about 300 acres of prime land in Burla. Keeping abreast with the modern developments, VSSUT is constantly restructuring itself and renovating its physical infrastructure as well as its research and education facilities. Facilities in laboratories of various departments and central facilities such as Computer Centre, Library, Internet Centre and workshop, separate hostels for boys and girls, conference hall, recreational amenities and other utility services are adequately available for the students in the Campus.[4]

• AIR-1 in Design,Go-green and CAE event at BAJA-SAE India 2020 at Punjab
• AIR-1 in Dirt-X and Endurance event at Enduro Student India 2017 at Coimbatore by BAJA-SAE team.
• AIR-3 in MATLAB Innovation for ROBOCON-2018 [5]
• AIR-2 in EYANTRA Robotic Competition conducted by IIT, Bombay & MHRD [6]
• SAE Team secured 3rd in the Cost Presentation Event and 4th in Design Evaluation Event at FFS INDIA 2k19, Coimbatore. They even secured an overall rank of 7th in the complete event.[7]
• Winners at India Innovation Growth Programme (IIGP 2.0) organised TATA Trust & DST [8]
• VSSUT Student satellite program in Limca book of records.[9]
• VSSUT's Student Satellite Team was recently called on by the Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi in his monthly radio address, Mann ki Baat, for their resounding success in developing fully functional prototypes of satellite launch vehicles.[10]
• Winners of University Challenge, IIGP 2018(Indian Innovation Growth Programme) 2.0, Government of India.[11]

The National Institutional Ranking Framework has accorded it a rank of 119 in engineering institutions [12]

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