Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar is established by the Government of India in 2008 under The Institutes of Technology Act 1961 with Amendments up to 2012. The Act was passed in the Lok Sabha on 24th March 2011 and by the Rajya Sabha on 30 April 2012. IIT Bhubaneswar became an Institute of National Importance from 29th June 2012 with notification of Amendment in the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961 by the Ministry of Education, (Department of Higher Education) Government of India published in the Gazette of India dated 2nd July 2012 .