These include Shephalee Creche, KIIT Public School, Jayanta Mahapatra Public Library, Baba Ram Narayan Das Prasad Sevan Kendra and KIIT Souvenir Gallery.

KIIT-KISS Founder Dr Achyuta Samanta and President Saswati Bal, Founder President of Unit-1 Ram Temple Baba Ram Narayan Das and other senior functionaries of KIIT attended the inaugural function.

With Dr Samanta always given importance to the welfare of KIIT and KISS employees and staff, the various projects and programmes have been taken up for the benefit of employees and their families.

Admission to the public school will be for children of KIIT-KISS employees who earn less than Rs 30,000 per month. These employees can now provide English medium education to their kids under CBSE curriculum at KIIT Public School.

The airconditioned Jayanta Mahapatra Public Library, named after eminent bilingual Odia poet Padmashree Jayanta Mahapatra, has been established near KIIT Gundicha Temple.

Subsidised ‘prasad sevan’ will be available at KIIT Gundicha Temple complex for the benefit of patient attendants coming to Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences. The ‘prasad’ will be available from KIIT Jagannath Temple for Rs 30 per person at the place named after spiritual leader Baba Narayan Das.

KIIT Souvenir Gallery offers a diverse range of unique souvenirs representing cultures worldwide, especially rich Odia handicrafts and KIIT University-branded merchandise for students, staff, alumni, and visitors.

The innovation hub of KIIT was conferred with ‘Incubator of the Year 2023’ Award by the Asian Association of Business Incubation (AABI) in Thailand capital Bangkok.

Dr Mrutyunjay Suar, CEO of KIIT-TBI and Director-General (R&D and Innovation), KIIT, received the award.

It’s a recognition of KIIT-TBI’s achievements in the field of technology incubation. KIIT-TBI has supported over 400 startups in various sectors, including life sciences, biotechnology, medtech, digital health, renewable energy, agritech, Green tech, social incubation and manufacturing-focused incubations.

“The incubator is reaching new heights and creating one of the most conducive models for technology business incubation. This international recognition will drive us to accomplish even greater things in technology incubation,” said Dr Suar.

KIIT & KISS Founder Dr Achyuta Samanta congratulated Dr Suar and the KIIT-TBI team for the prestigious award.

The Indian government’s Department of Science & Technology has acknowledged KIIT-TBI as a Centre of Excellence.

KIIT-TBI is supported by different government funding agencies like DST-NIDHI Scheme, DBT-BIRAC, MeiTy-MSH, MSME, iDeX (Ministry of Defence).

“Every person has the right to get equal opportunities in the society. Social justice includes sanitation, health care system, environment, education, housing etc. Therefore, it is important to bring equality in social justice and give importance to them in the field of justice,” Vice-Chancellor Prof. Sabita Acharya said.

A conference themed ‘Anthropology in Public Sphere: Indigeneity, Social Justice, Sustainability and Global Peace’ was held at MKCG Auditorium, Utkal University.

KISS University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Deepak Kumar Behera, UNICEF Senior Adviser Akhil Bihari Ota, UIF Senior Member Prof. S Gregory described the lifestyle, culture and traditions of the Indigenous people in major states as unique and spoke on their protection, land and forest rights, etc.

Prof. Debendra Kumar Biswal, Head of Department of Anthropology, Utkal University, and Convenor World Anthropology Congress 2023, gave the welcome speech, while Dr Prasanna Kumar gave the vote of thanks.