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

KIIT Receives 13^th Quality Council of India - DL Shah Quality Silver Award

December 17, 2020: KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Deemed to be University was recently awarded the 13^th Quality Council of India - DL Shah Quality Silver Award at the inaugural ceremony of the 3^rd Virtual Quality Conclave on December 17. The university was presented with this prestigious award for implementing SAP successfully in all its schools and processes at a time in 2013. In addition to KIIT, CMC Vellore, KG Hospital & Post Graduate Medical Institute, Coimbatore and the University of Chitkara, Punjab are other educational institutions that have been included in this award list in various categories.

All participating schools underwent five stages of the selection process. The selection assessment was made on the basis of different criteria, including problem/solution transparency, Creativity and Innovation in Method, Data source and Compilation, Technological Approach, Working Team, Problem Diagnosis, Project Benchmarking, Project Impact: tangible benefits, intangible benefits or socio-economic and environmental benefits. A team of experts from NBQP/QCI and DL Shah Trust conducted the test. The Quality Council of India (QCI) is an independent body under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry's Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.

KSOM Ranks Second in Times BBA Education Ranking Survey 2020

September 3, 2020: KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology School of Management has been ranked second in the Times BBA Education Ranking Survey report 2020. The institute was ranked in the category of colleges offering full-time BBA courses in India. The ranks have been evaluated on the basis of three parameters - Desk Research, Factual survey & Perceptual Rating survey. After data collection, a methodical review was conducted to rate and rank the different BBA colleges that participated in the survey.

A hybrid research model involving an objective study and a perceptual study was integrated into the current year's ranking method. While the objective research is carried out to represent what happens, it is also important to understand how the various actors and stakeholders interpret institutes in the perceptual analysis. These two modules together thus lead to a robust ranking process.

KIIT Organises International Webinar on New Education Policy 2020

September 1, 2020: KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology recently invited dignitaries from the education ministry that includes Chairman AICTE Professor Anil D Sahasrabudhe, Chairman UGC Professor DP Singh and CEO NITI Aayog Amitabh Kant to facilitate an international webinar session and educate students about New Education Policy 2020. The ministers described the features of this student-centric policy that will now focus on mother-tongue based early childhood education, focus on skills, credit bank and multiple entry and exits.

The NEP will help the country harness the population dividend and achieve the SDG 2030 objectives. The strategy will promote integrated research solutions for human problems.

The session was witnessed by over 30,000 students, vice-chancellors, policymakers and intellectuals from 50 over countries. There were also other events running in parallel such as Mega DigitalHR conclave on the topic ‘The Future is Now – Rewiring the Workplace’

ARIIA Ranking 2020: KIIT Secures Top Position under Self-Financing Institution Category

August 19, 2020: Ministry of Education, Government of India has ranked KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Deemed to be University, Bhubaneshwar, as India’s no. 1 self-financing institution under the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA), 2020. SRM Institute Chennai and VIT Vellore were awarded second and third positions, respectively.

Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu announced the rankings in presence of Education Minister Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and other government officials on August 18 in New Delhi.

ARIIA is a Ministry of Education initiative that aims at systematically ranking all major universities and higher education institutions in India on indicators related to “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development” among students and faculties.

In 2019 rankings, KIIT secured the second position. However, looking at this progress from the second to the first position in one year, KIIT has been recognised as an ‘Institution of Eminence’ by Government of India.

KIIT DU Announces Free Education to Wards of Covid Deceased in Odisha

July 26, 2020: With country's Corona meter nearing 15 lakh mark, the economy is going through a hard time. This has made all industries, corporates and most importantly the educational institutions to go under a forced lockdown for the last four months. With institutions trying hard to keep up the pace through online classes, the students aspiring admission in the first year of graduation are left answered because of the financial situation that has been impacted due to the global pandemic.

Amid these difficult times, Odisha based KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology Deemed University announces free education for the wards of those who succumbed to the pandemic. The offer has been extended as a support to the Covid-impacted families. The facility is only valid for 2020 admissions and for two academic years 2020-21 and 2021-22. Preference will be given to the children of Covid deceased from reserved categories, including Below-Poverty Line, Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe categories, among others.

KIIT at the Frontline of Odisha’s War Against Coronavirus

July 18, 2020: Driven by the moral values and ethics of Professor Achyuta Samanta, KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences have been proactively engaged in helping the victims of natural calamities. This year, since the outbreak of Coronavirus, the institutes have been actively engaged in helping migrants to reach their homes safely, touching lives of the patients, people living in containment areas and starving animals.

Initiatives taken by the institutes amid the pandemic:

• Even before the first Covid case was reported in the country, the institutes held a guest lecture on February 1 on topic ‘Corona Virus - A Global Threat’, which discussed standard infection control strategies in order to prevent the propagation of Coronavirus.
• Timely arrangements to send all students back home safely were made. KIIT and KIIS both have over 30,000 students each from all parts of India and other countries.
• Transition to the online curriculum for all the students was conducted through Zoom. If the pandemic continues for longer, the institutes have all the arrangements to conduct online examinations.
• As KISS is the world’s largest fully-free fully-residential institute exclusively for tribal students, the Institute has initiated e-learning classes for students through Kalinga TV.
• KISS has launched an awareness programme named ‘Project Uday’ that aims at creating awareness among people on the importance of social distancing, use of masks, hand and respiratory hygiene in six districts of Odisha. Over 500 people have volunteered and are covering more than 220 villages.
• Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences has volunteered to be India’s first ultramodern Covid care facility with over 500 beds, including 50 critical care beds.
• With the help of the district administration concerned, KIIT has built three 200 bedded COVID-19 Hospitals each in the districts of Kandhamal, Balangir, and Mayurbhanj. In addition to Covid Hospital, and KISS supply food and cash for various expenses to more than 40 orphanages in the Kandhamal district, aged homes and leprosy centres.
• Both the institutes have supplied essential food items such as Flour, rice, pulses and cooking oils in the first month of the nationwide lockdown to over 40,000 people in the slums of Bhubneshwar. And, have also provided cooked meals to over 2,000 police personnel in Puri and Cuttack to honour their work.

KIIT Researchers Develop Cement-Less Green Construction Material

June 19, 2020: Recently, the KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology researchers carried out the experiments with novel road construction material on a pilot basis in a Cuttack district near village Amanapada in the first week of June 2020. Without cement and only using industrial waste, the innovative Green Concrete Road was built. KIIT researchers believe that the latest technology that does not contribute to global warming could lead to an improvement of engineering systems.

In addition to the automobile, the cement industry contributes nearly 6 per cent of all CO2 emissions. In 25-50 years, rising cement demand will lead to a serious scarcity of limestone material, the principal raw material.

Fly ash (FA), an industrial waste product, is simply spilled over a large area on the earth. An alternative binder such as geopolymer concrete is therefore an emerging alternative building material to conventional cement. Fly ash is a rich source of silica and alumina that reacts to a solution alkaline to produce alumina silicate gel that binds fine and ground aggregates into a good concrete mode.

Mechanical and toughness properties of geo-polymer concrete built on fly-ash are identical to regular concrete. The longevity and repair quality of cement is much better than average.

The idea involved technical support, supervision and quality check efforts of Associate Professor Dillip Kumar Bera and Former Professor of KIIT Ashoke Kumat Rath. All tests were carried out at the KIIT laboratory before implementation

KSOM Students Bag Top Honours at Zenith Reward & Recognition Program

February 7, 2020: Students of KIIT School of Management, Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology participated in the sixth edition of Zenith-Rewards and Recognition Program which is flagship programme of NHRD, Bhubaneswar. The National HRD Network (NHRDN) is a regional hub, and a national forum of experts involved in promoting the people's development across the world. Zenith's main goal is to create a system to honour and identify key HR stakeholders particularly in the Eastern Region. The theme of the event was “HR in the World of Artificial Intelligence”. Over 60 people from different companies, hospitals, hotels and academic institutions participated in the event. HR papers on the "Role of AI in HR" were invited from numerous B-Schools in addition to several competitions. Kousambi Kumar, KIIT Management University, was awarded the first prize. Praise Chacko, KIIT Management School, won the second prize.

FRRO Workshop for International Students at KIIT

February 17, 2020: International Relations Office (IRO), deemed-to-be-university KIIT - Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology organised a workshop on “International Students Orientation on Foreigner’s Registration Process by Foreigners Regional Registration Officer (FRRO), Bhubaneswar” on February 15. KIIT invited Assistant Commissioner of Police Prakash Chandra Pal, IIC Infocity Police Station Biswajit Mohanty and Sub Inspector Bhuban Mohan Samantaray to talk about the rules and regulation of FRRO process. They discussed about registration process, different forms at the time of arrival, visa process and loss of passport.

CM Odisha Inaugurates Motilal Oswal-KISS Residential School

February 15, 2020: Chief Minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik inaugurated Motilal Oswal-KISS Residential School, the Balangir Unit of KISS Bhubaneswar. Founder KIIT and KISS, Achyuta Samanta briefed about the Motilal Oswal-KISS Residential School. The ceremony was also witnessed by Group Chairman of Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ramadeo Agarwal and Bimala Oswal and Collector of Balangir, Arabinda Dakua. Over 20,000 people attended the ceremony.

KIMS Organises Lecture on Corona Virus

February 4, 2020: Associate Professor-Microbiology Department, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences delivered a lecture on Corona Virus – A Global Threat. There were discussions around emergence of Corona Virus back in 2003 in mammals and birds, how this virus transmits, WHO precautionary measures to control it, and recommendations for the general public to reduce exposure to and transmission of a range of illnesses which included hand and respiratory hygiene, and safe food practices. He also talked about older people or people with pre-existing medical history who are more prone to this virus. He also created awareness among students to wear medical mask. This may not be sufficient alone but will provide an adequate level of protection.