Mission & Vision

• To create an atmosphere of a small residential technical institution of academic excellence measured by faculty quality, academic output, quality of students, alumni achievement and satisfaction of all stakeholders backed up by appropriate infrastructure which help create a conducive atmosphere for teaching, learning, research, development, training, reflection and contemplation.
• To attract quality students in appropriate numbers and cater to their needs so that their potential can be fully developed. Students will be trained to a high level of self-confidence in their knowledge and ability ensuring highly ease of placement.
• To develop programs in areas of community need such as vocational training for youth at affordable cost, orient the research & development activities to local needs and make technology work for local communities by making it focused on agriculture and related activities such as food preservation and processing, bio-technology, water harvesting, organic agriculture, low cost building technologies etc., collaborate with organizations such as Auroville Center for Scientific Research, Asian Institute of Technology (AIT, Bangkok) and Gandhigram Rural University, Tamilnadu etc. in such activities.
• Take steps to initiate programs in architecture, civil engineering, environmental engineering, bio-technology, agricultural engineering and agriculture/veterinary science in the long term as well as focused post-graduate programs in selected inter-disciplinary areas such as Disaster Mitigation, Alternative Energy Studies, Sustainability Science, Food Technology etc.
• Create resource, training and demonstration centers in areas of appropriate technology relevant to local problems. These activities should be directly integrated with the research & development efforts of the faculty, students and staff, create production centers in areas of agriculture, horticulture, pisciculture, plant nursery, food processing and preservation with the objective of revenue generation as well as technology dissemination.
• To achieve balanced growth and robust financial self sustainability including adequate return on investment of financial institutions and other investors including, but not largely dependent on student fees.

• To be a leading technical institution in the state of Orissa in terms of academic quality, with a major emphasis on development, demonstration and dissemination of appropriate technology solutions addressing the critical needs of the local community.

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