Achievements

 Impact

Needs

Reorientation

Upon establishment of the Orissa University of Agricul­ture and Technology in 1962, the University inherited a few research stations such as, Economic Botany 1 & 2, Rice Re­search Station, Jeypore, Agriculture Research Station, Ber­hampur and Jute Research Station, Kendrapara from the State government. During 1960s the University research was mainly confined to agriculture and a very few research projects were in operation in the College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry. With the launching of Orissa Agriculture Develop­ment Project (OADP) in 1978 with the World Bank assistance, four Regional Research Stations were established at Bhubanes­war, Chiplima, Keonjhar and Semiliguda representing the four physiographic regions of the state such as Coastal Plain, Central Table Land, North Central Plateau and Western Ghat High land zones, respectively.

With the implementation of National Agriculture Re­search Projects (NARP) in two phases during the period 1983-1995, the State was divided into ten Agroclimatic Zones and four additional zonal Research Stations and four zonal Substations were established.

Thus the research network is functioning in the University across the length and breadth of the state covering all the 10 agro-climatic zones. Research programmes are executed on different aspects of agriculture and its allied sectors through these research centres.

            The University is credited to be first educational institute in Orissa to develop campus wide Local Area Network with the FO cabling to all the Colleges at Bhubaneswar in 1996. The work was done under Agricultural Research Information System (ARIS) project funded by ICAR. Under the project the University has provided Internet facility to its staff and students through VSAT connected to NICNET. The ARIS project also imparts computer training to its staff from time to time. ARIS also has taken responsibility to develop the Website for University. From Year 2002, the University has migrated to STPI from NIC for improved Internet Connectivity with a bandwidth of 256 Kbps. Subsequently it was increased to  512 Kbps. From 2007 Internet Connectivity was available with a bandwidth of 2 Mbps.

Coordination Committee 

The research coordination committee was formulated for strengthening the linkage of OUAT with the ICAR, Govt.of India and other Institutions located in and around Bhubaneswar and Cuttack to explore the possibility of optimal utility of the resources available with them through regular meetings and discussions. Such inter-institutional collaboration will increase the research capabilities and output particularly under resource constraints, experienced by the scientists in respective fields.