Foundation: 27.11.1943
THE FOUNDATION OF THIS CAMPUS OF UTKAL UNIVERSITY AT VANIVIHAR BHUBANESWAR WAS LAID BY Dr. RAJENDRA PRASAD, THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA ON THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, 1958.
THIS CAMPUS OF THE UTKAL UNIVERSITY AT VANIVIHAR, BHUBANESWAR WAS INAUGURATED BY DOCTOR S. RADHAKRISHNAN, BHARATARATNA, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA ON THE SECOND DAY OF JANUARY 1963.
In the Crest of the Utkal University, the Ship symbolizes maritime activities and the Stalk of Corn represents the beneficence of agriculture while the Mount and the Fort stand for natural bounty and the past military glory respectively of the land of Utkal Against this background Utkal University seeks to spread light and learning, with Lamp and Book as emblems, and to propagate its highest ideal, SATYAM PARAMA DHIMAHI, meditate on the Highest Truth.