Uma Charan Pattnaik Engineering School (UCPES), Berhampur ) previously known as Berhampur Engineering School, named after the great freedom fighter and eminent parliamentarian Late Uma Charan Patnaik, was established in the year 1956.[1] It is located in the Silk-city, at a distance of five km from the Railway Station and five km from the Bus-stand.[2] The Industries Department, Government of Orissa, took over this institution for better management from private committee on 12 November 1958.[1]