Radhanath Institute of Advanced Studies in Education, Cuttack was established in 1869.

The history of Radhanath Institute of Advanced studies in Education reveals that the oldest Teacher Education Institute of Orissa came as the Cuttack Normal School with the purpose of training the lower class pundits to man Primary schools as per the recommendations of Wood’s Dispatch of 1854 and Stanley’s Dispatch of 1859.

The College began with two departments, namely, The Guru Training Department and The Pundit Training Department with separate staff for each. The duration of training of the former was one year and that of the latter was three years.

In 1875, under Sir George Campbell’s Scheme, the system of Normal School was reorganized and the Cuttack Normal School was converted into a first grade school renamed as Cuttack Training School. Initially, it admitted only middle vernacular and later matriculates to prepare teachers for middle Vernacular Schools.

In 1923, after the establishment of the Cuttack Training College, the school was renamed secondary Training School which is now known as Radhanath Secondary Training School. As per the Education Policy of 1913, the Cuttack Training College was established in 1923 to prepare teachers offering Licentiate in the Teaching (L.T.) course of one year duration.

The minimum entry qualification for the course was graduation. The college began with 28 stipendiary seats. The College was affiliated to the Patna University. The Ravenshaw Collegiate School was attached for practice teaching.

The institute had their permanent building adjacent to the Ravenshaw Collegiate School, both in the same campus.

In 1948, when the Orissa High Courts was installed in the District Court building at Cuttack, the Cuttack Training College buildings were taken over by the District Court. As such the Cuttack Training College had to move to the premises of Radhanath Secondary Training School.