Orissa University of Agriculture & Technology - Bhubaneswar

Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) came in to existence as the second  Agricultural  University, on 24th August, 1962 through an act passed by the Orissa Legislative Assembly.

Under the USAID programme, OUAT developed linkages with the University of Missouri and Mississipi, a Land Grant University of the US, to strengthen its teaching, research and  extension programmes

• The University came into operation from 1st February, 1963.
• The University started a College of Basic Science and Humanities in 1964
• The College of Agriculture Engineering and Technology came up in the year 1966.