ABOUT THE VEER SURENDRA SAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY ODISHA :
University College of Engineering, Burla, the oldest and premier Engineering College of Orissa, is a constituent College of Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela.The college was founded on the 12th August, 1956 under Utkal University. In January 1967, the management of the college of Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela. The college is located at the foot of the world famous Hirakud Dam amidst beautiful surroundings of lakes and mountains. Burla is well connected to Bhubaneshwar and Kolkata with roads and railways. Sambalpur to Burla is 10 kms both by road and rail. Hirakud Railway station is only 2 km away from the college. It has already produced more than 10,000 graduate engineers and 2000 Postgraduates in different fields of Engineering and Technology. The college receives 5 years plan grants from UGC and project grants from AICTE, New Delhi, the Ministry of Human Resources Development an Department of Science and Technology of the Govt. of India. The college receives grants-in aid from the Govt. of Orissa.