Orissa Engineering College, Bhubaneswar is a First private engineering college established in Odisha. It was set up in 1986.^[1] Orissa Engineering College is the Odisha Electronics Control Library result of the vision of Shri Kamini Kanta Patnaik. It was inaugurated by the then chief minister of Orissa Biju Patnaik. The college has alumni all across the world. The institute provides courses in B.Tech, M.Tech and MBA. The college is affiliated to Biju Patnaik University of Technology and has been approved by AICTE. The college has received NBA for three departments; Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering. Dushyant Mohanty, Sanjam Patnaik, Dilip Tripathy and Sidhartha Dash are some of the notable alumni who have made significant contribution to the corporate world.

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Orissa Engineering College, Bhubaneswar

Motto	Stands for Quality Education
Type	Private
Established	1986 (36 Years ago)
Affiliation	Biju Patnaik University of Technology All India Council for Technical Education National Assessment and Accreditation Council National Board of Accreditation
Chairman	Late Kamini Kanta Patnaik
President	Mrs. Subhra Patnaik
Principal	Er. Priyabrata Sahoo (2020- Present)
Director	Mrs. Suprita Pattnaik
Undergraduates	27000
Location	Bhubaneswar , Odisha , India
Campus	58 acres Urban
Website	https://www.oec.ac.in/

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The college offers four-year B.Tech degree in six engineering disciplines and a two-year M.Tech degree in a few disciplines. Its management school Center for Management Studies offers a two-year full-time MBA degree affiliated to Biju Patnaik University of Technology, the technical university of the state of Orissa.

This department is the apex body of the institute. Many companies are coming to participate in the campus recruitment program. Few of them are mass recruiters. LnT, TCS, Vedanta, Capgemini, Cognizant, IBM, Infosys, HCL etc. are few of the companies recruiting engineers from this institute.

Admissions conform to the regulations laid down by Biju Patnaik University of Technology, the technical university of the state of Orissa. The seats are filled up through counseling of Joint Entrance Examination (O-JEE), JEE-Main (Joint entrance examination).

Students who have cleared diploma with minimum 60% mark in the corresponding subject are eligible for this scheme. They are enrolled directly into the third semester of the engineering courses.

It is mandatory for all candidates to appear in the Joint Entrance Examination conducted by Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Rourkela or All India Engineering Entrance Examination conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, New Delhi or Joint Entrance Examination conducted by Orissa Private Engineering College Association to get a seat either through counselling.

• Dr. Sudhanshu Mohan Central Library has subscriptions to national and international journals. It subscribes to DELNET through which the students and faculty get access to more than 200 libraries across India and abroad.
• Rajlaxmi Memorial Health Centre provides health care facilities to the students and staff of the institute and renders services to the local villagers.
• Hiranya Kumar Research and Development Centre - centre for R&D.
• There are separate hostels for both boys and girls.
• Rajlaxmi Memorial Health Centre provides medical facilities to meet the needs of the students and staff pertaining to minor ailments. This dispensary also looks after the medical problems of the nearby villagers. The college organizes medical camps in the campus as well as outside the campus.
• The college has more than 50 buses which pick up the students from different corners of the city.
• Student Activity Centre - a 3,000-seat auditorium which hosts fests and events. It is the largest auditorium in the state.
• The sports complex holds many field events like cricket, volleyball, and hockey. Ranji match is also being played between teams of various states of the country. The area of the sports complex is around 3 acres. The inter college sports meet is organised in the sports complex every year and games like cricket, basketball and volleyball is organised every year attracting students from other engineering colleges of the country including IIT and NIT. Eminent cricketers like Pragyan Ojha, Debashish Mohanty and many others are invited to inaugurate the meet and distribute prizes among the winners. The basketball court, badminton and tennis courts are inside the Student Activity Center.

The center of management studies is a part of Orissa engineering college that offers MBA degrees to the students taking admission into it through Common Admission Test. The center is located in front of the sports complex inside the campus. The classrooms have ample space and accommodate many students. All the classrooms are air-conditioned and well-furnished. It has separate lecture theaters and conference halls to create a fine environment to study the management subjects.

Orissa Engineering College is situated at the Sundarpada Jatni road in the outskirts of Bhubaneswar. The institute is spread over 58 acres (230,000 m²)20.164386°N 85.771696°E / 20.164386; 85.771696

There are two main student interaction programs. One is the tech-fest called Zazen, and other is cultural fest called Zephyr.

• Zazen is the technical festival of the college. This is a three-day meet attracting a large number of students every year, and they host a series of functions funded by different clubs.
• Zephyr is a three-day event and mostly social. There are bands that present with musical concerts and fashion parades.