Founded in 1992 as an industrial training institute, today Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology is one of the fastest growing private deemed universities in the country. The brainchild of Achyuta Samanta, C R Mishra and P K Mishra, the institute is a part of the KIIT society. From its humble beginnings as a vocational training centre, with only two staff members and 12 students, it has developed into a leading university with a strong interdisciplinary culture. Boasting of 23 world-class campuses and 30,000+ students, the institute offers 34 undergraduate, 32 postgraduate, 10 integrated, 11 Ph.D. and 7 postdoctoral research programmes in the fields of science and engineering, medical science, management, law, film and media, humanities and yoga and sports.
HOLISTIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENT
The institute offers a vibrant life for students, ensuring their holistic development. The students can choose among numerous cultural, literary, and sports societies according to their interest. Students can also join the National Cadet Corps (NCC) and National Service Scheme (NSS) and enhance their personality. The institute also offers adequate platforms for the progressive brains of our nation to interact, compete and display their creativity and talent through different cultural and academic fests organised regularly. The institute offers residential facilities on its aesthetically designed campus for boys and girls. The campus is student-friendly and well-planned with state-of-the-art classrooms, laboratories, workshops, libraries, conferencing facilities.
High quality canteen services and 24-hour reading rooms for each hostel in addition to recreational facilities for indoor and outdoor games, and wireless internet and intranet connectivity cater to creating a high-quality, research-intensive learning environment for the students. A dedicated international hostel accommodates foreign students from nearly 65 countries, proving KIIT’s reputation as the one of the first institutions in Odisha to attract foreign students owing to its quality of professional education.
ACHIEVEMENTS GALORE
The institute has contributed immensely in making the nation proud by producing notable alumni like sprinters Dutee Chand, Amiya Kumar Mallick, and the senior scientist at CSIR – Dr. Soumen Mandal. Within just 7 years of its inception, it was declared as a deemed university in 2004 by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India and was conferred with Category A status in 2014. Despite being a fairly young institution, it has performed incredibly well in the rankings conducted by various national and international associations. In 2019, it was recognised as an Institute of Eminence by the Ministry of HRD. It has also been granted Tier-1 accreditation by the National Board of Accreditation. It was ranked as the 23rd best Indian university in the overall category by the Times Higher Education in its Asia University Rankings for 2022. Moreover, it is also India’s first QS 5-star rated university (2021).
ACHIEVEMENTS GALORE
The institute has contributed immensely in making the nation proud by producing notable alumni like sprinters Dutee Chand, Amiya Kumar Mallick, and the senior scientist at CSIR – Dr. Soumen Mandal. Within just 7 years of its inception, it was declared as a deemed university in 2004 by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India and was conferred with Category A status in 2014. Despite being a fairly young institution, it has performed incredibly well in the rankings conducted by various national and international associations. In 2019, it was recognised as an Institute of Eminence by the Ministry of HRD. It has also been granted Tier-1 accreditation by the National Board of Accreditation. It was ranked as the 23rd best Indian university in the overall category by the Times Higher Education in its Asia University Rankings for 2022. Moreover, it is also India’s first QS 5-star rated university (2021).
