The Department of Geology is the cradle of Geology education in the state of Odisha and the Department came into being in the year 1954 with the opening of the Undergraduate program under Utkal university. Post graduate teaching was started in the year 1956 and continued up to 1977 when it was shifted to Utkal University campus at Bhubaneswar. UG teaching however, continued in this institution under Utkal University till 2006.In 2010 Post Graduate teaching was restarted in the Department. The academic block which houses the Department since its inception is reminiscent of Victorian architecture having a floor space of 22,000 square feet and was funded by the Kalinga Foundation, the Govt. of Odisha and the Union Government.