About Centurion University of Technology and Management - CUTM

Centurion University of Technology and Management (CUTM) is a Private, Unitary University. It is the first and only privately managed multi-sector state university in Odisha. Centurion University is also the First University of Eastern India to be set up in a Tribal District. CUTM was established as a State Private University in 2010 by an Act of the Orissa Legislative Assembly. The Centurion University of Technology and Management was established as Centurion Group of Institutes in 2005 by a group of professors. These professors were Prof. Mukti K Mishra, Prof. D. N. Rao and Prof. D.K. Mishra. These professors took over an ailing engineering institute – Jagannath Institute for Technology and Management (JITM) at Parlakhemundi, Gajapati. It was set up in 1997 at the behest of the-then Prime Minister of India, Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao. Gajapati is the poorest district of Odisha State, and appears in the Prime Minister’s “100 poorest districts” and “31 most extremist affected districts” list. Since then, committed efforts have been made to bring about a difference to this area; both academically and socio-economically. The University comprises of a network of educational institutions in Odisha, which includes School of Engineering and Technology, School of Agricultural Sciences, School of Basic Sciences, School of Management and School of Vocational Education and Training. The university headquarters is located at Paralakhemundi, Odisha, it is also the main campus and is spread over an area of 140 acres.

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