Complex sentence: Before getting University status it was the 1st educational institute in Odisha to be granted'Autonomous' status in the year 1991.In the year 2012 VSSUT was awarded 12B status by UGC.
Split into simpler sentences: Before getting University status it was the 1st educational institute in Odisha to be granted'Autonomous' status in the year 1991. In 2012 VSSUT was awarded 12B status by UGC.