Capital Engineering College is established in 2010 . Capital Engineering College is the result of the vision of Badri Narayan Sahoo who laid the foundation . CEC is a part of Bidya Bharati Educational Trust's endeavour to provide quality education. The college has started with an aim to provide quality technical education to a wider domain of illustrious students of the state of Orissa in particular and the nation in general.

Capital Engineering College(CEC),Mahatapala, Khurda, Bhubaneswar, Orissa is established under the auspices of Bidya Bharati Educational Trust with the sole objective of imparting quality education at par with international standards and committed to create world class Engineers for tomorrow . Thus, the underlying academic philosophies of the institution are: independent educational process, latest mode of teaching, innovative pedagogy, human resource development, pre-placement activities and all round development of the students, faculty and staff.

The Institute is located at Mahatapala near Khurda collector-ate on Kolkata-Chennai NH-5. It is nearer to Bhubaneswar- the capital city of Odisha and hence, easily accessible from Inter-state Bus Stop, Railway Station and Bhubaneswar International Air-port.