| Veer Surendra Sai University of Technology | |
| Former Name: | University College of Engineering, Burla |
| Motto: | Siddhirbhawati Karmajā (Sanskrit) |
| Type: | Public Technical University |
| Chancellor: | Governor of Odisha |
| Vice Chancellor: | Prof. Banshidhar Majhi[1] |
| City: | Burla, Sambalpur |
| State: | Odisha |
| Country: | India |
| Coor: | 21.4973°N 83.904°W |
| Undergrad: | 3724 |
| Postgrad: | 689 |
| Students: | 4413 |
| Administrative Staff: | 260 |
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.
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]
| 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 | |
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| 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 atCalifornia 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), SAILJoint Managing Director cum COO (Retd), JINDAL StainlessChairman of M.E.L.(Retd); Chairman of U.S.I.T. (Retd) | |
| 1967 | Dr Rajendra Prasad Mohanty | Vice-President, HR (retd) – ACCVice Chancellor (retd), SOA University | |
| 1968 | S B Nayak, | Retd Director – Production, NALCORetd President – Technology, Vedanta Aluminium | |
| 1968 | Bhajamana Behera | Former Cabinet Minister | |
| 1969 | M Senapati | Director (Retd), Jindal Stainless LtdChairman-cum-Managing Director (Retd), MECON Limited | |
| 1969 | Sudhakar Patri | Retd Chief Engineer, Water Resources Dept, GoOConsultant at Jacobs CES(India) Pvt. Ltd, New DelhiFormer 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, USADirector 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 OfficerPan African TowersLagos, 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 |
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.
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.
The National Institutional Ranking Framework gave the institution a rank in the 101-150 band in the engineering category and university category. It also ranks in the 151-200 band in the overall category
| Nirf O 2023: | 151-200 |
| Nirf U 2023: | 101-150 |
| Nirf E 2023: | 101-150 |
