Biju Patnaik University of Technology is a non-profit public higher education institution located in the the urban setting of the small city of Rourkela(population range: 250, 000-499, 999 inhabitants), Odisha.
This institution has also branch campuses in the following locations: Bhubaneswar.
Officially accredited/recognized by the University Grants Commission, India, Biju Patnaik University of Technology(BPUT) is a very large(enrollment range: over-45, 000 students) coeducational higher education institution.
Biju Patnaik University of Technology(BPUT) offers courses and programs leading to officialy recognized higher education degrees such as bachelor degrees, master degrees in several areas of studyBPUT also provides several academic and non-academic facilities and services to students including a library, sport facilities and/or activities, study abroad and exchange programs, as well as administrative services. BPUT started well under the leadership of Prof.(Dr.) Damodar Acharya as the Vice Chancellor(VC) and continued to do well for a couple of years until Prof. Damodar Acharya left in 2009.
Then, Prof.(Dr.) Omkar Mohanty became the VC of BPUT and the performance got degraded gradually. Moreover, the number of colleges has gone to around 150 engineering colleges in the entire state. But due to lack of quality of education, most of the colleges continue to strive to survive. It is difficult to say today, what will be the future of these colleges.