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The IEEE VSSUT BURLA STUDENT BRANCH got the petition for its approval to establish on 6th November 2018. It was then inaugurated on 14th February 2019 by Prof. T Srinivas from IISC, Bangalore in the presence of Hon'ble Vice Chancellor of VSSUT, Burla, Prof. Atal Chaudhuri, the IEEE Branch Counselor, Dr. Harish Kumar Sahoo and the Faculty advisor Dr. Papia Ray. By March 2019, it became the largest group with faculty members and students from Electrical, Electronic and Computer Science branch. Presently it is actively running with more than 80 members and 13 office bearers.