Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT): News & Events

India’s largest conference meet held at KIIT

December 26, 2019: From December 20 to 24, four big events held simultaneously at KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology campus, including the 72nd All India Commerce Conference of the Indian Commerce Association (ICA), an international conference on Global business: new problems and challenges, the 40^th All Odisha Commerce Conference, and the Odisha Commerce Association’s Golden Jubilee anniversary. Odisha and KIIT organised the conferences of this magnitude for the first time in the business world.

The conferences were witnessed by over 3,000 delegates across globe, including Australia, USA, Bangladesh, Nepal and Kuwait. Academics, scholars, clinicians and scientists shared a detailed analysis of the hot topics of contemporary interest chosen for the meeting.

KIIT Hosts 68^th National Volleyball Championship

December 25, 2019: KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Odisha is hosting the 68th Senior National Volleyball Championship between December 25, 2019 and January 2, 2020, in association with the Volleyball Federation of India (VFI) and the Odisha Volleyball League. This championship is being held in Odisha for the first time. Over 70 teams are participating in the championship with over 1,200 players, coaches and officials. All matches will be played inside multi-game indoor stadium of KIIT Campus. Being the only education institute in India with such huge sports infrastructure and other facilities, many national and international sports are organised in KIIT throughout the year.

KIIT ITI Celebrates KALIKAZ-2019

December 20, 2019: The 28th Welcome Function (KALIKAZ 2019) was celebrated on December 16, 2019 at KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology ITI. The inaugural session was attended by Founder of KIIT & KISS Prof Achyuta Samanta; Secretary KIIT & KISS R N Dash; Pro-VC KIIT-DU Prof Sasmita Samanta; Director Estate & Establishment P K Sahoo; and Registrar KIIT-DU Prof J R Mohanty.

KIIT School of Mass Communication Conducts SACC

December 19, 2019: The second edition of two-day South Asia Communication Conference (SACC) on the theme “Journalism Education in South Asia: Is there any paradigm shift in over 100 years?” was inaugurated at School of Mass Communication, KIIT Deemed to be University on  December 19.

The guests of the conference were Founding Director of Centre for Culture, Media & Governance of Jamia Millia Islamia Prof Biswajit Das; Registrar of KIIT Deemed to be University Prof Jnyana Ranjan Mohanty; and CEO of School of Mass Communication, Film and Media Sciences & Fashion Technology, KIIT DU Prof Himansu Sekhar Khatua.

KIIT Fest 6.0 Kickstarts in Odisha; Singer Amit Trivedy Performs

December 16, 2019: The sixth edition of KIIT fest 6.0 began on December 16 at the KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology. The event will continue till December 18.  The fest has, so far, seen more than 25,000 students from all over the nation competing for three days in the field of technology, culture and art. Amit Trivedy was the star attraction of the fest.

KISS organises Kalinga Fellowship 2019 Initiated to Curb Human Trafficking

December 14, 2019: The global Kalinga Fellowship 2019, a novel initiative to stop trafficking of women and children, was held in New Delhi on December 9-13. Founded by three partner organisations – Kalinga Institute of Social Science, Bhubaneswar, FXB India Suraksha and the Bridge Institute, the fellowship seeks to advance target 5.2 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals – “eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation”.

The Fellowship was attended by over 80 participants of diverse backgrounds, from senior Police and Government officials to civil society and corporate leaders from across India and the world. Nearly 20 students from different states of India and several survivors of trafficking were also part of the Fellowship.
Kalinga Fellowship 2019, organised in partnership with National Commission for Women, Government of India, is a tri-sector global fellowship of business leaders, government officials and civil society leaders, designed to be a concrete step towards establishing a common and shared vision and a living example of converting the SDG blueprint “to go from the world we have, to the world we want to have”.  

KIIT Launches of PARAMARSH Scheme Of UGC

October 21, 2019: KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, a deemed-to-be-university, launched PARAMARSH scheme of the University Grants Commission (UGC) for mentoring and promotion of quality assurance in higher education by NAAC aspiring institutions.

KIIT was appointed as the mentoring institute to extend all sorts of support in different phases, starting with the preparation of the self-study report and the visit by peer team members of NAAC to those institutions awaiting accreditation. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed by eleven colleges and one university with KIIT, as mentees. The launch ceremony was inaugurated by Founder KIIT Achyuta Samanta and Academic consultant KISS Srikanta Swamy was invited as guest of honour.

IAU Awards KIIT Prestigious ISAS Badge

November 19, 2019: KIIT University is the first university across India to obtain Internationalization Strategies Advisory Service (ISAS) badge. The ceremony, held during the International Associations of University (IAU) International Conference on "Transforming Higher Education for the future", held in Puebla, Mexico, from November 13-15 this year.

IAU awarded the badge for Planning and Strategy learning to KIIT. The award was presented to the representatives of KIIT by President IAU Pam Fredman and Member of Council and former secretary general Eva Egron-Po.