Odisha University of Agriculture and Technology, traditionally known as Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, is the state’s specialised agricultural university headquartered in Bhubaneswar. Its creation followed national efforts to establish land-grant-style agricultural universities integrating teaching, research and extension. Odisha enacted the Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology Act in 1961, and the university was inaugurated on 24 August 1962. It became operational on 1 February 1963 when the government-managed Utkal Krushi Mahavidyalaya and the Orissa College of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry, together with their staff, were transferred to the university. OUAT subsequently expanded across agriculture, veterinary science, agricultural engineering, fisheries, community science, horticulture, forestry and allied disciplines. A College of Basic Science and Humanities began in the mid-1960s, and the College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology was established in 1966. Further expansion in 1981 added major academic units, including a second College of Agriculture at Chiplima and colleges or departments serving fisheries, home science and aquaculture. Forestry education was introduced later and developed into a dedicated college structure. Research has been part of the university from the start: the state Agricultural Research Station at Bhubaneswar was transferred to OUAT in 1963, followed by additional research stations at Berhampur, Jaypore, Chiplima, Kendrapara, Pottangi and Jashipur. Extension programmes operate through regional research and technology-transfer structures and Krishi Vigyan Kendras, connecting scientific work with farmers and rural communities. This teaching-research-extension integration remains the defining feature of OUAT. The university trains professionals, conducts crop, livestock, fisheries and natural-resource research, and disseminates technologies suited to Odisha’s diverse agro-climatic conditions. Its long institutional history makes it one of the state’s principal knowledge centres for agriculture, food systems, veterinary science and rural development. Its statewide field network allows research findings to move from experimental stations into extension programmes and farm-level practice.