Kansbahal is a modern industrial town situated in the state of Odisha India.

Kansbahal remained a rather unknown tribal village and forested area in the Sundargarh district of Odisha until its emergence into prominence with the establishment of "Utkal Machinery Limited" (UTMAL), a heavy engineering company, mainly serving the Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) of the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL).

[1] Utkal Machinery Limited soon evolved into Larsen and Toubro's Heavy Engineering Works.

It is believed that before authoring the epic Mahabharat, the legendary sage Vedavyas used to reside in the caves and forested area beside the river.

It has almost all the latest facilities like concrete roads, telephone lines, electricity and above all a peace-loving society of vintage persona retired from L & T Kansbahal works.

Today, Kansbahal is a modern township - a planned mini city for its employees.

It prides in having regular classes up to the 10+2 level in 3 separate languages - English, Hindi and Odiya - a unique feature not found anywhere else in the region.

IIPM serves to train professionals from India and abroad in advanced industrial fields.

Mandiakudar has well connectivity of buses through national highway 24 to city of Rourkela and Sambalpur.

The Purushottam vihar campus is half a kilometre away from IIPM School of Management and 1 km from Kansbahal .