The Utkal University of Culture is a leading and unique University of the State of Odisha. It Was estabilished in the year 1999 by virtue of an Act of the odisha legislative Assembly called “ Utkal University of Culture Act,1999” . It is a teaching-cum-affiliating University with jurisdiction over the entire State. It engages itself to preserve, promote, propagate and protect the richness of the cultural heritage by way of making substantive accomplishments through teaching, research and extension.