The construction work of the Institute of Chemical Technology’s Indian Oil, Odisha campus, (ICT-IOC Bhubaneswar) will be started after 20 August 2021.
The foundation stone for the campus will be laid by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in the presence of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and Petroleum Minister Hardeep Singh Puri.
The state government has earmarked 111.79 acre of land for this permanent campus at Godiput Matiapada under Delang tehsil of Puri district.
It is near IIT Bhubaneswar’s permanent campus at Argul. In Phase-I, 73.86 acre of land has been allotted to this institute.
With the support of the Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL), the ICT Mumbai has opened its wing in Odisha and a new institute ICT-IOC Bhubaneshwar on 18 March 2018. The temporary campus is running from the Extension Centre of IIT-Kharagpur at Samantapuri.
The institute has started executive MTech, integrated MTech, MTech (two years) and PhD. A total of 261 students have been trained so far.
IOCL has contributed a total Rs 95 crore till date for the institute. Patented technology of ICT ‘hydrodynamic cavitation’ has been deployed for cleaning of the Bindusagar Lake. It has received project grants to the extent of more than Rs 10 crore with commitments, besides Rs 15 crore through two major conferences.
The CM will also dedicate the permanent campus of the Skill Development Institute (SDI), Bhubaneshwar, to the nation.
The campus is spread over 46.17 acre of land at Taraboi village under Jatni tehsil in Khurda district. It has been functioning from a temporary campus at Mancheswar here since 2016.
Over the next 10 years, SDI Bhubaneswar envisages to train more than 50,000 trainees in multidisciplinary courses through its new campus.