Education in Sambalpur

Sambalpur is a city in Sambalpur district in the Indian state of Odisha. It lies at a distance of 321 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar. In the year 1876, Sambalpur was established as a municipality. It is currently the headquarters and the largest city of Sambalpur district. It is also the commercial capital of Western Odisha. Sambalpur is famous for Hirakud Dam, Sambalpuri Saree, Sambalpuri songs, Sambalpuri dance, the Sitalsasthi Carnival,[1][2] The Leaning Temple of Huma and Gandhi temple.[3]

Sambalpur University

List of educational organizations in Sambalpur

Universities and colleges

Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur Odisha State of Open University

English Teachers at the Sambalpur University
Sambalpur Football Academy

The Sambalpur University Act was passed by the Odisha legislature on 10 December 1966, the university started functioning from 1 January 1967 with Prof. Parsuram Mishra as the first Vice Chancellor. In the year 1973 the University was shifted to the present campus named Jyoti Vihar at Burla.

VSSUT (earlier University College of Engineering, Burla) was established in the year 1956 as the first engineering college of the state of Odisha. It has already produced more than 10,000 graduate engineers and 2000 post graduates in different fields of engineering and technology.

SUIIT has been established in the year 2010 as an autonomous constituent institute of Sambalpur University in the line of IIITs to impart training and to have quality research programme relating to Information Technology and allied subjects.SUIITis a unique venture to make use of the decades of rich academic experience and achievements of the University in diverse fields for nurturing the young minds in the contemporary globalized environment where the demand is for innovation, research and technical skill of international standard.

School

Sports

This institution imparts football training to specially selected players with free boarding and schooling. The campus is located on the periphery of the left dyke of the Hirakud Dam.

Notes

1.^ http://www.cesorissa.org/NGC/District_wise_Eco-club_list/Sambalpur.pdf

References

  1. ↑ Welcome to Maa Samaleswari Temple, Sambalpur, Orissa. Samaleswari.org. Retrieved on 2011-01-20.
  2. ↑ Sambalpur District. 123orissa.com. Retrieved on 2011-01-20.
  3. ↑ Here, Gandhi is god, News – City –Bangalore Mirror,Bangalore Mirror. Bangaloremirror.com (2010-10-02). Retrieved on 2011-01-20.
  4. ↑ Silicon Institute of Technology. Silicon.ac.in. Retrieved on 2011-01-20.
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