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Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), formerly KIIT University, is a private deemed university[5] located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.[6] It primarily emphasizes on higher education and research in engineering and science. It 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.[7]

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology
MottoSā Vidyā Yā Vimuktayē (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
Knowledge is that which liberates
TypeDeemed university
Established1992 (32 years ago) (1992)
FounderAchyuta Samanta
AffiliationUGC, NAAC, ACU
ChancellorAshok Kumar Parija[1]
Vice-ChancellorSaranjit Singh[2]
Academic staff
3,500[3]
Students40000(Undergraduates and Postgraduates)
Location
Bhubaneswar
,
Odisha
,
India

20°21′10″N 85°49′10″E / 20.35278°N 85.81944°E / 20.35278; 85.81944
Campus6,117 acres (24.75 km2),[4] Urban, 6,117 acres (2,475 ha)
NicknameKIITians
Websitekiit.ac.in

It was founded in 1992 as Industrial Training Institute in Bhubaneswar with a seed revenue of ₹5000 (US$66.8).[8] In 2017 it was renamed Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology following the UGC request to drop "University" from the name for all the institutes granted the status of 'Deemed to be Universities'.[9] It is part of KIIT Society which is estimated to be worth ₹10,000 Crores (US$1.3 billion) as of 2020.[10]

It was declared as deemed university in 2004 by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India and also was conferred with Category A status in 2014 by the Government of India.[8][11]

History

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KIIT was established in 1992 as an Industrial Training Institute with only twelve students and two faculty.[12] This institution was the brainchild of Achyuta Samanta, C R Mishra, P K Mishra who had envisioned a profound center of learning in India and so pursued to lay the foundation of KIIT. In 1997, the School of Technology and the School of Computer Application was established. In 2004 it was conferred the status of deemed university and renamed KIIT University.[13]

The KIIT School of Biotechnology, School of Rural Management, School of Medicine and KIIT Law School were started in 2007.[14]

In 2017, the institute was renamed back Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, following a request from all institutes deemed to be universities not to use "university" in their title.[15] In 2019, KIIT was recognised as an Institute of Eminence by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).[16]

Campus

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The institute is in twelve landscaped and eco-friendly campuses of 200 acres (0.81 km2) in the temple city of Bhubaneswar.[17]

 
Central library of the institute

Academics

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KIIT has 27,000+ students.[12][18] Each academic program is functioning in different independent campuses.

Accreditation

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KIIT was accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with an A++ grade with a score of 3.48 out of 4 points.[19] KIIT is a member of Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU).[20]

Scholarship

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The institute also grants scholarships to meritorious and needy students every year. Among them, Pradyumna Bal Memorial Scholarship is awarded to two economically challenged but meritorious students and they are provided completely free education along with ancillary expenses.[21]

Rankings

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University rankings
General – international
QS (Asia) (2023)[22]401–500
Times (World) (2023)[23]601–800
Times (Asia) (2022)[24]201–250
Times (Emerging) (2022)[25]201–250
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2021)[26]34
NIRF (Universities) (2021)[27]20
Engineering – India
NIRF (2021)[28]42
Medical – India
NIRF (2021)[29]30
Law – India
NIRF (2021)[30]11
Business/Management – India
NIRF (2021)[31]48

Internationally, KIIT was ranked 401–500 in Asia on the QS World University Rankings of 2023.[22] It was ranked 601–800 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2023,[23] 201–250 in Asia in 2022[24] and in the same band among emerging economies.[25]

In India, it was ranked 39th among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2023,[32] 16th among all universities[33] and 29th overall.[34] NIRF also ranked it 59th in the management ranking,[35] 26th in medical ranking[36] and 12th in law ranking.[37] KIIT ranked 1st in India in the 2020 ARIIA Ranking published by the MHRD under the 'Private or Self-Financed Universities' category.[38] In the NIRF Rankings announced on 11 June 2020, KIIT's rank improved to 44th from 50th in the Overall category, while it was ranked 24th in the rank for University.[39]

Research

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KIIT has a Research and Development wing headed by a director along with other qualified faculty members who collaborate with various Research Organizations. Thrust of the R & D Wing of KIIT is interdisciplinary research through multidisciplinary interactions. Faculty members (spearheaded by Udai P. Singh) are currently pursuing research funded by organizations, such as, the Department of Science and Technology (DST), the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). Industry Institute interactions are also being strengthened through various funded schemes sponsored by AICTE, UGC and DSIR. In this context, a large number of MoUs have been signed with leading research organizations of the country and abroad for facilitating collaborative research and other academic activities. Currently offered in four broad areas, technology, biotechnology, management and humanities, the college has instituted 48 doctoral fellowships. The R & D wing has been actively supporting various National and International conferences hosted by the institute like International Conference on Emerging Technology and International Conference on Distributed Computing & Internet Technology.[40] The wing actively collaborates with various educational, scientific, research and industrial organizations and has informal collaboration with faculty members of all IITs and corporate houses for specific problem and objectives. It has MoUs with organizations of repute in India and abroad for collaborative action.[41] KIIT has also established a Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to provide technical knowledge and facilities for starting technology driven enterprises as well as doing research for producing cost-effective techniques.[42]

In 2012, the Institution had organized the 99th Indian Science Congress.[43]

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