[8] The Rourkela Steel City is a medium-sized metropolis, located on the Howrah-Mumbai and Ranchi-Bhubaneswar main railway routes, and well connected to all parts of the country by road and rail.

[9] With an aim to expand academic, placement and start-up activities, the institution is buildup an extension centre at Bhubaneswar.

Its designed to cater to the needs of distance learning and short-term courses, conduct placements and training activities, promote industry-academia partnerships, and provide opportunities to promising startups.

The BPCL is automated with an integrated library software package called Libsys – LSmart and is modernized with the latest radio frequency identification (RFID)-based automation system that facilitates self-check-in, check-out, and an automatic security system.

This technology offers the fastest, easiest, and most efficient way to track, locate and manage library materials.

ICS also conducts academic sessions, internship talks and personality development initiatives which aim to help the students.

[28] After a long gap, TEDxNITRourkela has been organized on 13 and 14 March 2021[29] by a team of students from NITR, led by Abel Mathew and Rutaj Dash.

[30][31] Monday Morning, also referred to as MM, is the student media platform at NIT Rourkela, founded in 2006, and the name of its e-newsletter.

[32][33] Its coverage of the latter attracted the attention of the Chief Warden, who "formed a team to inspect and raid all halls of residence caterers and mess owners to check on the number of children below the age of 14 working there and how they were treated".

It was reported that students spent two to three hours per week each on the newsletter, using the campus computer facility.