Immediately after the Kedar Valley calamity, Uttarayani with the help of IOCL and other organisations planned to set up a Centre of Excellence to provide quality education to the 283 children who were orphaned during the Kedar Valley Calamity. Construction work of the CoE has been completed and the administrative formalities are being planned and finalized with the Government of Uttarakhand. The Centre will soon be functional to its capacity.