Majhighariani Institute of Technology and Science (MITS), Rayagada

Majhighariani Institute of Technology and Science (MITS) is located in Rayagada, Odisha, India, about 15 km from Rayagada on the State Highway and roughly 4.4 km from JayKaypur. Founded in 1999 by the Basanta Devi Charitable Trust, in memory of the Panda family, the institute takes its name from the Goddess Majhighariani, the reigning deity of Rayagada. It began at a modest campus in Bhakuruguda and has since grown into a fifty-acre campus at Bhujbal, featuring a multi-storeyed main building, laboratories, a library, seminar and examination halls, a playground, a Gayatri Temple, and hostels for boys and girls. MITS is approved by the AICTE and the Odisha government, and is affiliated with the Biju Patnaik University of Technology (BPUT), Rourkela, and Berhampur University. It is an ISO 9001:2008 certified institution. The college offers B.Tech, M.Tech, M.Sc., BCA, and B.Sc. programs across disciplines such as Biotechnology, Computer Science, Electronics, Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Mechanical and Civil Engineering. Notably, MITS was the first institution in Odisha to offer a B.Tech in Biotechnology and has since expanded into areas like Industrial Biotechnology and Bio-Diesel research involving Jatropha cultivation.