The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bhubaneswar celebrated its 12th foundation day in a grant way in its campus at Argul on Wednesday.
Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan gracing as chief guest inaugurated the function. Odisha Skill Development Authority Chairman delivered the Foundation Day Lecture on the topic, “In search of Tomorrow”. The event was presided over by IIT Director Prof RV Raja Kumar.
Welcoming guests, the Director said, “Today, we have completed 11 long years. IIT Bhubaneswar has been prominent among the second generation IITs with largest student intake, prominent rankings across all international and national frameworks.”
The AP Governor said, “I am glad to understand that just within a little more than one decade of its existence, the Institute has started new Schools and new academic programmes on par with any other similar Institutions known for several decades in this country.”
Bagchi said “As I look at the Educational Institution like yours, it requires time and is a process of infrastructure creation. The base is physical infrastructure and physical infrastructure can be created by anyone. But beyond physical infrastructure comes the digital infrastructure in this world. But differentiation comes when they build Intellectual infrastructure is what makes one Institution different from the other institution. Anybody can create a large building but very few can come close to creating something like an IIT.”
Among others, Prof RK Panda, Prof Sujit Roy, Prof V R Pedireddi, Col (Dr) Subodh Kumar and Dr Sankarsan Mahapatro were present.