With its focus on research and emphasis on a strong academic foundation, Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan University is steadily evolving as a hub of superlative professional education in Bhubaneswar, the capital city Odisha. This multidisciplinary temple of learning, with a student base of around 10,000, is carving out a niche for itself among the best. The seed for this educational edifice was sown when visionary educationist Prof. (Dr.) Manojranjan Nayak set up the Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER) in 1996. ITER is today regarded as one of the finest engineering colleges in the east. As the tree grew, its branches steadily blossomed other institutions imparting training and providing research opportunities in diverse spheres like Medicine, Business management, Pharmacy, Biotechnology, Hotel management, Nursing, Dentistry, Law and Agriculture. The University has identified 18 thrust areas for which 10 research and field centres besides 29 research labs––15 of them in engineering–– have been set up. It runs 58 post-graduate programs. SOA University has 1730 SCOPUS Indexed research publications to its credit so far and an H Index of 26. The other centers of learning under SOA University include the Institute of Business and Computer Studies (IBCS), Sum Nursing College (SNC), School of Pharmaceutical Sciences (SPS), School of Hotel Management (SHM), SOA National Institute of Law (SNIL) and Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), the first agricultural college to be set up in the private sector in the east The Institute of Dental Sciences (IDS) employs state-of-the-art equipment and instruments that foster dental care and treatment. It offers the four year BDS program with one year rotating internship, MDS program in all specialties & PhD program. It has its own Central Research Laboratory, state of art Major OT, Integrated department of Oral Implantology and Comprehensive clinics. A state-of-the-art auditorium and convention center has been set up by the University while. All the institutes have excellent infrastructure with libraries comprising of Indian and foreign books and journals and e-Library facility. The University boasts of a meritorious talent pool of over 1100 faculty members. Additionally, it has 2.5 million square feet of built up area, housing its various facilities with new arenas coming up to promote sports events.