Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar came into existence on 22 July 2008. It is in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. The Ministry of Education lists it as an Institution of National Importance under the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.
The institute is organised into seven schools: Basic Sciences; Electrical and Computer Sciences; Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences; Humanities, Social Sciences and Management; Infrastructure; Mechanical Sciences; and Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. Its NIRF 2026 data submission reports 2,643 students in undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in 2024-25, plus 570 full-time PhD students. Prof. Shreepad Karmalkar has been Director since 17 November 2022; he is also a Professor of Electrical Engineering at IIT Madras, according to his profile.