The sprawling campus with both residential and non-residential facilities is set over a vast scape of 188 acres of land, on a hilltop beside the bank of the tributary of river Mahanadi at the outskirts of Cuttack. The beautiful campus, designed by renowned architects specializing in educational architecture, can be compared to the ancient universities of Nalanda and Takshila. The environment of the university with a cluster of minimalistic structures amid trees, shrubs and well-laid out lawns provides a serene ambiance.
This beautiful, open-air café is a socializing place for students to indulge in a variety of food catering to multiple testes.
The menu keeps changing every day to maintain the interest of the students. Continental food is also a part of the services to suit the international students.
‘Kaivalya’ literally means ‘liberation’ (a path of ‘Raj Yoga’). And ‘Kaivalya’ in our campus setting implies the ultimate destination for every hungry stomach. We take pride in our 100% vegetarian and hygienic kitchen services. It is ISO: 22000 certified complying to all quality standards. The food served here is ‘Sattvik’ (high on subtle life energies) because we believe, ‘what you eat impacts your mind’.
The aim is to serve organic food as far as possible. The menu is different for all seven days a week and gets updated every six months based on a feedback system. The food caters to the wide group of people coming from all over the world. It is a way of communal dining which brings all the students, staff and employees under one roof. The spirit of volunteering is encouraged by giving the opportunity to the ones interested to be a part of the kitchen’s serving activities.
The university has both naturally ventilated as well as air-conditioned, spacious lecture halls and tutorial rooms, with both modern and traditional settings, thoughtfully designed to provide a high-quality learning ambience.
A sound teaching methodology complemented with multimedia technology enables the faculty members to hold interactive teaching sessions with students and make learning a unique experience.
Plantation is a visionary initiative that puts a natural check on environmental pollution. And this also adds to the campus, an “escalated oxygenated quotient”. A mega plantation drive was undertaken to plant more than one lakh saplings across the campus, in a span of a few months.
Other environmental friendly initiatives such as rainwater harvesting, water management, sewage treatment, solar energy, permaculture are popular here. Also, aid to the above vision, seasonal vegetables, fruits, and herbs are grown in an organic manner, that supports the university mess.
The faculty chambers are centrally air-conditioned in every academic block. Here, the students have personal interactions with the faculty on academic and matters of further conduct.
These rooms have ultimately emerged as the bedrock for the generation of bright ideas. And also provide the faculty with a peaceful and comfortable place for their academic pursuits.
There are independent cottages, as well as many independent, comfortable rooms to host guests and visitors throughout the year that are all air-conditioned.
All rooms and cottages are with attached toilets and a kitchen space. There is also a 24-hour staff service.
There are well-equipped multi-gym and fitness centers which are used by students & staff of the university.
Facilities are available with equipment such as back extension machine, barbell rod, bench press, boxing bag, curl bench and dumbbells for biceps and triceps, exercise cycles and many more of the latest fitness equipment.
The halls of residence for both boys and girls have their independent gyms. To inculcate We also have the facility of open-air Gym for the boys’ hostel.
Plantation is a visionary initiative that puts a natural check on environmental pollution. And this also adds to the campus, an “escalated oxygenated quotient”. A mega plantation drive was undertaken to plant more than one lakh saplings across the campus, in a span of a few months.
Other environmental friendly initiatives such as rainwater harvesting, water management, sewage treatment, solar energy, permaculture are popular here. Also, aid to the above vision, seasonal vegetables, fruits, and herbs are grown in an organic manner, that supports the university mess.
The Academic, residential and office unit of the university campus is Wi-Fi enabled with internet connectivity. The network infrastructure is served through high-end firewall and HP core switches.
The DNS server facility is embedded in firewall itself and the Mail server is managed on google cloud. The power infrastructure is supported by heavy-duty uninterrupted power supply for all systems and servers to avoid data loss.
Fast internet connectivity plays an important role in facilitating academic as well as research and development activities for faculty members and students.
