Courses it offers

          Odissi Research Centre aims at inculcating the spirit of Guru Shishya Parampara in the minds of its trainees. These trainees are called Internees. Their course is for three years duration which is an advanced training in Odissi dance and music, styled as "Intensive Advanced Course". Odissi Research Centre provides hostel for them and a monthly stipend of Rs. 750/- is given for their food and some of the daily needs. The teaching process, the syllabus is unique in its nature, which provides the ingredients to make life perfect and fruitful. Apart from learning dance and music the students are taught the other allied subjects i.e., to know the basics of taal and play Mardala at the basic level, knowledge about Oriya literature, Sanskrit literature, Geet Govinda, writing notations, to learn the basic notes of singing (dance students) learn the theory part of the art, put rangoli, do the evening puja and more over to lead a self-sufficient disciplined life.

           But on demand of many students from outside (locals, different part of State, outside the State and foreign students) Odissi Research Centre has started training programme for them on payment of tuition fees which is open throughout the year.

          Odissi Research Centre has produced excellent dancers and musicians settled all over the country and abroad through the training course of Intensive Advanced Course. Those were very fortunate, who got training under Gurus like Padma Bibhushan Guru Kelu Charan Mohapatra, Guru Sri Mohadev Rout, Sangeet Sudhakar Balakrushna Das, Pandit Bhubabneswar Mishra, Guru Sri Deepak Kumar Basu, Padmashree Kumkum Mohanty,Guru Durga Charan Ranbir to name a few.

Reportoire Group

          Every three years Odissi Research Centre takes 10 students in Odissi dance and 10 students in music (including instrumentalists). After the completion of this training successfully a few students excelling in their field from each section are retained and taken in the repertoire group of Odissi Research Centre with a stipend of Rs. 1000/- p.m. Odissi Research Centre promotes and propagates Odissi dance and music all over the country and abroad. The repertoires are also given an opportunity to learn the art of imparting training.

         The stipend is meant only for the students of Odisha. The priority is given to talent, regions and poor students.

Evening school for children

         To pursue dance and music as a career and get the best training for that is always expensive and not easily affordable for many parents. Odissi Research Centre has started an evening school of dance and music for children which are running very successfully with very talented children.

Other achievements

         With a very few staff members Odissi Research Centre co-ordinates the National event "Konark Festival" very successfully every year from its very beginning with the financial support of Department of Tourism. It also presents a new production for an hour specially composed for this festival on the inauguration day every year.

         Very recently Odissi Research Centre released the valuable rendition of Odissi Ragas by the veterans i.e., Kashinath Pujapanda, Pandit Raghunath Panigrahi, Dr. Damodar Hota, Sri Gopal Ch. Panda, Smt. Shyamamani Devi, Binapani Nayak and popular Odissi, Chhanda, Champu singing by Sri Balakrushna Das which were the archival property of Odissi Research Centre. For the first time Odissi Research Centre has released an instrumental CD. Containing popular traditional Odissi songs played by its own instrumentalists in the pay role and which is very popular in the market.

        For its sincere and able organizing capacity it has been vested with the responsibility of managing all the big dance and music events of the State.

        Preserving the rich cultural heritage with most modern amenities is the motto of Odissi Research Centre.

        GKCM Odissi Research Centre is presently functioning in its own building at plot no. I/A, Near Xavier Square, Jayadev Vihar, Bhubaneswar-751013, Odisha.

Plan & Ideas

        But Odissi Research Centre has a long way to go. This is the only institution of its kind in Odisha for Odissi. It can very well achieve the status of "Kathak Kendra", "Jawaharlal Nehru Dance Academy", "Kala Khetra", or even more with proper effort and able guidance. It has plans to have its own studio, own auditorium, Artist's gallery and a big library which will attract more dancers and scholars from all the parts.