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| Purushottam Institute of Engineering and Technology (Permanently closed) | |
|---|---|
तमसो मा ज्योतिर्गमय | |
| Address | |
| Coordinates | 22°13′35″N 84°41′44″E / 22.2264°N 84.6955°E |
| Information | |
| Type | Private college |
| Established | 1999 |
| Closed | 2020 |
| Gender | co-aid |
| Affiliations | BPUT |
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Purushottam Institute of Engineering and Technology (PIET) is a private co-aid undergraduate engineering college located in semi rural part of Mandiakudar of semi urban town Kansbahal. The institute was established in 1999. In the beginning, the institute temporarily functioned in the campus of Biju Patnaik Hockey Stadium, Sector 06 of city Rourkela, with small a number of students and faculty. In 2001 the institute moved to new campus located at Mandiakudar, 30 km away from the city Rourkela.
The institute offered 4 years of undergraduate B.Tech degree with affiliation from Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT). The undergraduate students studied courses in streams of CSE, ETC, EEE, IT, AEI and ME. In the year 2007 the institute started courses for MCA and MBA.
The institute is almost one kilometer away from the town of Kansbahal and half a kilometer from IIPM School of Management. The campus has a residential hostel complex, hanuman temple and small canteen built inside the institute campus for students coming from outside of the city. Presently, the hostel complex is rented and offer hostel stay for Apprenticeship and Office Staff of Shri Mahavir Ferro Alloys Pvt Ltd. located at Kalunga Industrial Estate.
The degree institute is now closed and one of the block of old degree institute is taken over by its diploma college Purushottam School of Engineering and Technology for under privileged students. Presently, one of the main blocks of the old Purushottam degree institute serve as skill centre training institute for women self help group's (WSHGs) for apparel made up's (sewing machine operators) and home furnishing, the skill based programme is run under initiative of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Department of Mission Shakti, Odisha; Maa Samleswari Education and Welfare Trust (NGO) are the training institute instructor's which offer the training skill course under Rourkela Cluster one of Department of Mission Shakti Sundergarh district. The old degree institute also has a small Post office of India Post with Hi speed Internet connectivity since year 2010 which offer's service of Speed Post, Post Box, India Post office Saving Bank and ATM service to rural population of Mandiakudar.
