The Odisha Commerce Association (OCA) was founded as the oldest professional body in the year 1970 as a cohesive group of management experts, economists, business community, technologists etc, with multifarious objectives such as to serve as a forum for the exchange of ideas, experiences; collection and dissemination of information on business, trade, commerce and management; to promote the research activities and to bring coordination in the Commerce and Management curriculum at state level. The members of this oldest professional association consist of academicians, businessmen industrialists, administrators, management experts, economists, students, educational institutions and other interested entities. The core activities of OCA include organization of seminars, conferences, workshops, and meetings; promotion of research; providing technical assistance and consultancy to the clientele world and publication of books, journals and periodicals, etc.