Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology, formerly known as the University College of Engineering, Burla, is a state university located in Burla, Sambalpur, Odisha, India. Established in 1956, it is the oldest engineering college in Odisha. UCE Burla, its former name, was officially changed to its current name on 10 June 2009, as a result of a resolution by the Government of Odisha to accord it with the status of a unitary university.[2]
The university was declared eligible to receive central assistance under Section 12B of the UGC Act in 2012.
History
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 laid 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]
Programmes offered
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech)
Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch)
Master of Technology(M.Tech)
Master of Science(M.Sc.)
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil)
Master in Computer Application(MCA)
Doctor of Philosophy(Ph.D.)
Notable alumni
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1960
Sarat Kumar Mohanty
Engineer-in-Chief (Retd) · Key role in construction of Balimela, Upper Kolab, Upper Indravati Hydro-electric projects · Served many M.I. projects · Former Chairman of Dam Safety Panel, GoO
1961
Dilip Kumar Nayak
Engineer-in-Chief (Retd) cum Secretary Works (GoO) First Alumnus to become EIC cum Secretary Works
1962
P K Rath,
Additional Director General (Retd) at Central Works Department
1963
Bijay C Jena
Member (Retd), Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission (OERC) Chairman (Retd), Grid Corporation of Odisha (GRIDCO) Managing Director (Retd) – Odisha Power Generation Corp. (OPGC) • Played key role in Power Reforms & restructuring in Odisha • conferred with Sir Vesweswarya Award in the year 2006.
1963
Braja M Das,
Dean (retd) of College of Engineering & Computer Science at
California State University, Sacramento, USA
1964
Dr Ramesh Kar
Prof (retd), IIT - Kharagpur
1965
Banbir Das
Additional Director General (Retd), Military Engineering Service (MES)
1966
C R Pradhan
Retd Executive Director (Western Region)– NTPC · Formerly, General Manager – 3000 MW Kaniha Super Thermal, Talcher · Executed 2000 MW Singrauli and 3000 MW Talcher Super Thermals · Awarded Gold & Silver medals by Ministry of Power for outstanding O&M performance of Singrauli · Began career as Asst Engineer of 250 MW TTPS, and worked with BHEL, before joining NTPC.
1966
Dr Basant Parida
Director Innovation, Transportation Group at QinetiQ North America Former Senior Scietnist – NASA Former Dy Director, National Aeronautical Lab, Banagalore Former Head of Aeronautical Engg, IIT – Kharagpur · An elected Associate Fellow of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) · A member of American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International Committees, - D30 On Composite Materials, E08 On Fatigue and Fracture, E28 On Mechanical Testing, E54 On Homeland Security Applications, F07 On Aerospace and Aircraft. · A Fellow of the Aeronautical Society of India (AeSI), and Institution of Engineers (India). · Included in "2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 20th Century“ by the International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England.
1967
Rear Admiral S Mohapatra
(VSM IN retd)
Former Executive Director of BrahMos Aerospace (for 10 years) Former Senior Advisor in Electronic Corporation of India for Nuclear Submarine Project Former Director of Naval Science & technological Laboratory (that develops Naval weapon systems, War ship technology, etc for 99 months) • First technical officer from Odisha to rise to Flag Rank in Navy • As Director NSTL, developed India’s first ‘Torpedo’ – making India 7th in the World • Developed Advanced under water mines, and materials for Stealth Technology • Laid foundation for developing Heavy weight Torpedoes with variety of propulsion systems • As ED BrahMos, established production set up in India; boosted indigenous content from 7 to 55% • Commanded INS VALSURA – one of the biggest and oldest training establishment of Indian Navy • Took part in 1971 war as Electrical Officer INS Ranjit, that attacked Karachi • Awarded ‘Vishist Seva’ medal (VSM) from Navy • DRDO Scientist of the year in 2003, having developed Helicopter-launched Anti-Submarine Torpedo 3.
1967
Renubala Mohanty
Former Head, L&T, Kanbahal and first lady engineer of Odisha
1967
J K Nanda
Vice President(Retd.), L&T, E&C
1967
Asis Das
Director - Personnel (Retd), SAIL
Joint Managing Director cum COO (Retd), JINDAL Stainless
Chairman of M.E.L.(Retd); Chairman of U.S.I.T. (Retd)
1967
Dr Rajendra Prasad Mohanty
Vice-President, HR (retd) – ACC
Vice Chancellor (retd), SOA University
1968
S B Nayak,
Retd Director – Production, NALCO
Retd President – Technology, Vedanta Aluminium
1968
Bhajamana Behera
Former Cabinet Minister
1969
M Senapati
Director (Retd), Jindal Stainless Ltd
Chairman-cum-Managing Director (Retd), MECON Limited
1969
Sudhakar Patri
Retd Chief Engineer, Water Resources Dept, GoO
Consultant at Jacobs CES(India) Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi
Former Vice President – Alumni Association of UCE, Burla
1971
Dr Ganapati Panda
Prof (retd), IIT - Kharagpur
1972
Col (Retd) Prof Aditya Parida
Prof, Lulea University of Technology, Lulea, Sweden
1973
Amarendra Das
CMD, Suryo Udyog Limited (export & trading of marine products)
1976
Captain R C Singh
Founder & CMD, B P Marine Academy
1976
Prof Jeetendriya Satapathy
Ph.D from the University of Bradford, United Kingdom.
Retd Vice Chancellor - BPUT
1977
SS Mohanty
Retd Director - SAIL
1977
SS Mohapatra
Retd Director (Production), NALCO
1977
P K Pradhan
Retd Director (Commercial), GRIDCO
1977
Sashi Shekhar Mohanty
Vice Chairman and Managing Director, Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL)
1978
Aswini Das
Member, Odisha Electricity Regulatory Commission
1979
Rajendra Prasad Sasmal
Director (Operations), Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
1979
Dr Rabi N Mohapatra
Professor – CSE at Texas A&M University, Texas, USA
Director at Embedded System Co-Design Labs, Texas A&M University
1980
Nihar Gantayat
Executive Director, ONGC
1980
Nalini Kanta Pradhan
EIC – cum - Works Secretary, Govt of Odisha
1980
Jayadeb Nanda
CEO (O&M) – Adani Power, Former Executive Director - NTPC
1980
Prof Sagar Naik
Prof, University of Waterloo, Canada
1981
Basanta Mishra
Director (O&M), LANCO
1981
Durga Das
Commissioner (IT), Kanpur
1982
Priyadarshy Dash
Principal at a Data and Analytics consulting firm, Prisoft
1982
Sushanta Kumar Acharya
Founder & CEO – Innovis Telecom Services
1982
Andrew Sunderraj
Former General Manager, HAL Bangalore
1982
Chandrabhanu Dhal Samant
Chief Drilling Officer – Kuwait Oil
1982
Deba Prasad Mishra
Founder – QuadRite Inc, USA
1983
Prasanta K Mukherjee
Chief Technology Officer - Welspun Corp Ltd
1983
Dr. Udaya Shankar Panda
Former CGM BSNL
1983
Dr Aswini Nanda
Founder CEO of HPC Links
1983
Prof. (Dr.) C R Tripathy
Vice Chancellor, BPUT
1983
Jitendra Mohan Sahu
Executive Director at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
1984
Ambika Prasad Panda
Executive Director (ED) of the Smelter and Power Complex of NALCO, Angul
1984
Manasa Mishra
Director, NALCO
1984
Prakash Kumar Behera
Commissioner of Customs at Central Board of Excise and Customs
1985
Prof. Bibhuti Bhusan Biswal
Director NIT Meghalaya.
1986
Sambit Sahu
Vice President and General Manager of IOT Engineering, Intel Corporation
1986
Mihir Kanti Mishra
Chief Executive Officer of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)
1986
IAS Dr.Suresh Chandra Dalai
Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) of Northern Division, Sambalpur.
1986
Anup Nayak
Vice President of engineering at Enphase Energy
1986
Satchi Panda
Member and Advisor for Wharton Alumni Angels of Silicon Valley
1986
Sanjay Burman
Distinguished Scientist & Director, Centre for Artificial Intelligence & Robotics (CAIR), DRDO
1986
Manas Ranjan Rout
Director (Operations), OPGC
1986
Santosh Chandra Ray
Chief General Manager, GAIL India Limited
1986
Manas K Mishra
Sr General Manager at Tata Motors
1987
Dr. Binay kumar Das
Director General, Electronics and Communication system(ECS), DRDO
1987
Debasish Nanda
Director (Business Development), Coal India Ltd
1987
Bijayananda Mohapatra
Chief Operating Officer, IMFA
1987
Dr. D P Mishra
Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur
1987
Rudra Narayan Palai
Special Secretary, electronics and IT department, GoO
1988
Shri Harekrishna Ratha
Director Integrated Testing Range (ITR), DRDO Chandipur
1988
Debraj Das
Managing Director – MSA India Limited
1988
Srinivas Behera
Founder & CEO at Retigence Technologies
1988
Dr Srikanta K Panigrahi
Director General, Indian Institute Of Sustainable Development (IISD)
Director General, Carbon Minus India (CMI)
1989
Bijay Mohanty
Accountant General (Audit), Chhattisgarh
1989
Athar Shahab
Managing Director at Zuari Industries Limited, Former CEO – Nabha Power Limited (Wholly Owned Subsidiary of L&T)
1989
Anand Pujari
Head of Operation - Global Supply Chain Services at Hewlett-Packard
1989
Nibedita Rath
Head Group Finance Systems, Lloyds Banking Group
1989
Jagdish K Kapoor
Director – Jabalpur Smart City Mission Ltd
1989
Saroj Mohapatra
Income Tax Commissioner
1989
Debashish Sahu
Commissioner - Excise
1989
Arun Panda
Chief Technical Officer
Pan African Towers
Lagos, Nigeria
1989
Rajat Kumar Panigrahy
Principal – ITI, Berhampur
1989
Debasis Mohapatra
Former Director - Price waterhouse Coopers
1989
Soumendra Das
Co-Founder, Relevance Lab
1989
Saroj Kumar Das
Chief Engineer, Paradip Port
1989
Partha Mishra
Partner at DNA Capital; Board Member; Former President & CEO, Optum Global Solutions at UnitedHealth Group
1989
Nitaigour Premchand Mahalik
Professor in the Department of Industrial Technology, California State University, Fresno, CA
1990
Parthajit Panda
Head of Control Management, India & Philippines, Wells Fargo
1990
Mr. Manish Kumar Sinha, IRS
CEO of GST
1990
Basant Mishra
Sr Vice President, Global Delivery Head, Tech Mahindra
1990
Sanjay Mishra
Author and Principal PM Manager, Microsoft, Redmond, USA
1990
Satyabrata Patnaik
Founder – Dalwin Marine Group
1990
Prof. (Dr.) SUKUMAR MISHRA
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi
1990
Bijay Kumar Rout
Professor, BITS Pilani
1991
Tanmay Das
Founder & CEO – Raajratna Energy Holdings Pvt Ltd
1991
Jitendra Sarangi
Founder & CEO – CSI Computech Pvt Ltd
1991
Arup Nanda
Principal Database Architect, Starwood Resorts Worldwide Inc, USA
1991
Anil Agarwala
Plant head NPCIL, Rajasthan (Scientific Officer Grade H)
1991
Dr. Tapan Sahoo
Executive Director (R&D), Maruti Suzuki India Limited
1991
Arup Nanda
Data Analytics, Engineering and Management Leader in a Regulated Industry
1991
Uma Misra
Senior Director Cloud Services & Program Management
1991
Sreekumar Chatra
Senior EVP & Partner, Edelweiss Infrastructure Fund
1992
Ashesh Padhy
Sr VP & Head Odisha Projects, JSW
1992
Rajkishore Una
President/CEO, GyanSys
1992
Pinaki Mishra
Director – Ernst & Young
1992
Dhiraj Sinha
Executive Vice President, Capgemini APAC
1992
Managovinda Mishra
CMD Nemhans
1992
L N Mishra
Founder – Adaptive Processes Limited
1992
Rashmi Ranjan Mohapatra
Former Managing Director Kemppii India
1993
Jagdish Mohapatra
Managing Director CrowdStrike Asia
1993
Chidananda Khatua
CEO/founder Equbot
1993
Y Kalyan Chakrabarti
CEO, Emaar India
1993
Satyabrata Mohapatra
Vice President Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.
1993
Sudhansu Kumar Kanungo
Service Operations Excellence Leader at Schneider Electric
1994
Dr. Dipti Prasad Mishra
Professor and Head, Mechanical Engineering, BIT Mesra
1994
Dr Radhakanta Padhi
Professor, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
1994
Ajit Kumar Padhi
Director Operations, Cognizant
1995
Niladri Bhattacharjee
Partner, Metals & Mining, KPMG in India
1995
Debasish Satpathy
President - Automotive Aftermarket at Schaeffler
1995
Badri Subudhi
Head of the Planning and Performance Management Transformation Team at Cisco
1996
Gaurav Chawla
Head, ITC Infotech
1996
Chandrahas Panigrahi
Director, Acer India Ltd
1996
Subhakanta Sadangi
Chairman, iBooks Group of Companies
1996
Biswa Panda
Vice President Of Engineering at Exabeam
1996
Ashish Pattjoshi
Executive Vice President - Investment Banking
1996
Shubhranshu Pani
Managing Director - Retail Services, JLL India
1997
Debajani Mohanty
Head Blockchain, Collabera
1997
Kali Charan Sahu
General Manager (R&D) at samsung india
1997
MADHUSUDAN PATTANAIK
Director at ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (India)
1998
Sujeet Kumar
Indian politician of the Biju Janata Dal party and a Member of Parliament (MP), representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha. He earlier served at senior policy planning positions with Government of Odisha - as the Advisor, in the rank of Chief Secretary, to the Special Development Council (SDC) of the Government of Odisha and Special Secretary of the Odisha State Planning Board.
1998
Dhee Patnaik
CEO - eCommerce at Milton-Lloyd Limited
1999
Mahesh Agrawal
CEO and Co-Founder Areteans
1999
Dr Debabrata Nayak
Head of Cyber Security, Ericsson, Former Head of Cyber Security at National Payments Corporation Of India (NPCI), Former CSO Huawei India
1999
Debi Mohanty
Managing Director, Delloite
2000
Biswaranjan Bastia
Head-Insurance Services-Bajaj Housing Finance Ltd
2002
Biswajit Dash
Vice President at Jio Platforms Limited
Campus
The university, located close to the Hirakud Dam, occupies about 350 acres in Burla. Facilities in laboratories of various departments and central facilities such as Computer Centre, Library, Internet Centre and Central Workshop, separate hostels for boys and girls, conference hall, recreational amenities and other utility services are available for the students in the campus.[4] Government of Odisha also decided to extend the campus to another 80 acre and also approved a mass amount of ₹2000 crore for the development of VSSUT.
Halls of Residence
The university provides on-campus residential facilities to its students, research scholars, faculty members and many of its staff. The students live in hostels (referred to as halls of residence) throughout their stay in the campus. Hostel rooms are wired for internet, for which students pay a compulsory charge. There are 11 halls of residences including 5 for girls and 6 for boys.
Marichi Hall of Residence
Atri Hall of Residence
Kratu Hall of Residence
Arundhati Hall of Residence
Anuradha Hall of Residence
Vasistha Hall of Residence
Visakha Hall of Residence
Angira Hall of Residence
Pulastya Hall of Residence
Rohini Hall of Residence
Vasundhara Hall of Residence
Pulaha Hall of Residence
Agastya Hall of Residence
Achievements
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-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]
Student satellite program in Limca book of records.[9]
The student satellite Team was 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]
Rankings
The National Institutional Ranking Framework gave the institution a rank in the 101-150 band in the engineering category[12] and university category.[13] It also ranks in the 151-200 band in the overall category[14]