Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology (IGIT), Sarang is a government autonomous engineering institute in Dhenkanal district, Odisha. Established in 1982 as the Odisha College of Engineering and renamed IGIT Sarang after merging with the Modern Polytechnic in 1987, the institute has operated under academic autonomy granted by the UGC since 2017. It runs undergraduate, postgraduate, diploma and doctoral programmes across engineering, applied sciences and computer applications on a 179-acre residential campus.
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Type | Government autonomous engineering institute (Govt. of Odisha) |
| Affiliating university | Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Rourkela |
| Location | Sarang, Parjang block, Dhenkanal district, Odisha, 759146 |
| Established | 1982 |
| NAAC grade | B++ (CGPA 2.78, Cycle 1, assessed December 2024) |
| Official website | igitsarang.ac.in |
IGIT Sarang offers eight four-year B.Tech branches, Chemical, Civil, Computer Science, Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication, Mechanical, Metallurgical and Materials, and Production Engineering, along with a five-year B.Arch programme. At the postgraduate level it runs M.Tech specializations including Industrial Power Control and Drives, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical System Design and Structural Engineering, an MCA programme, and M.Sc programmes in Applied Physics, Applied Chemistry and Applied Mathematics. Diploma courses are offered in Civil, Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication, Mechanical and Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, and the institute also admits Ph.D scholars across its engineering and science departments.
IGIT Sarang does not appear in NIRF's published Engineering ranking list for 2024 or 2025 (verified directly against nirfindia.org's rank-band pages for both years). Some third-party aggregator sites report a numeric NIRF rank for the institute; this could not be confirmed against the official NIRF source and is not repeated here.
The institute operates a fully residential, 179-acre integrated campus in Sarang village that includes student hostels, staff quarters and the Dr. M.P. Mishra Memorial Stadium.
UGC-granted autonomous status since 2017, giving the institute control over curriculum and examination while degrees remain conferred through BPUT, Rourkela
Eight B.Tech branches plus B.Arch, alongside M.Tech, MCA, M.Sc and Ph.D programmes on one campus
179-acre integrated campus with hostels, staff quarters and the Dr. M.P. Mishra Memorial Stadium
Several undergraduate engineering programmes hold National Board of Accreditation (NBA) recognition
Traces back to 1982 (Odisha College of Engineering) and 1981 (Modern Polytechnic), among the older state-run engineering institutions in Odisha
26 courses offered. Fees in INR lakhs.
