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  There is a special joy in the ‘ Art of Giving ’ and Prof. Achyuta Samanta , the founder of KIIT & KISS, has made it to another global fame for his obsessive bend towards humanitarian causes. His ‘Art of Giving’ has won the second position in the 2021 MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship by Talloires Network and McJannet Foundation, USA as exceptional community work and civic engagement initiative by KIIT & KISS under the guidance of Prof. Samanta. The award in the second position in the world matters a lot apart from the financial support of $5,000 USD to bolster program activities. The amount has been transferred to KISS Foundation as per the request of Prof. Samanta. Out of 28 nominations from 15 countries, Art of Giving is placed in the second position among the 10 selected finalists from 8 countries. The first prize was won by Rhodes University, South Africa, and the third prize by the University of Manchester, UK. The Award Secretariat determined the winners after...

Dr. Achyuta Samanta is an esteemed member of parliament in the Lok Sabha for Kandhamal Odisha. While most people might know him for this, they seldom get to see the various charities he helps and is a part of, along with his own venture, the KISS foundation. This Indian social worker, educationist and philanthropist have also recently been a major part of a news story taking place in the Chhanchunia Village of Pallahara Block in Angul district. Although the story is further elaborated below, it would not be wrong to say that he just saved the lives of three orphans. Amulya Champia of Gennali Sahi passed away a few months back, leaving their family of 7 children to his wife, Subini. With the eldest daughter already married off, Subini had to take care of the 6 others along with her. Given Subini's lack of experience working outside, she somehow managed to keep their family afloat, with a lot of struggle. However, unfortunately, only 3 months after Amulya's passing away, Subini ...

The world is going through a very stressful situation for the last one and a half years. With the COVID pandemic showing no signs of slowing down, the death rates have only been increasing each day. In situations like these, seeing other diseases like Malaria and Dengue be prevalent in lesser developed areas only make the situation worse. Unfortunately, recently a family of 9 was reduced to just 7 when the kids lost both their parents at a gap of 3 months. Amulya Champia, a resident of the Chhanchunia village, was found dead due to unknown reasons a few months back. At this time, the eldest daughter of their family was already married by then, and Subini, Amulya's wife, had somehow managed the rest of the six. They were steadily getting back on their feet when 3 months after Amulya's passing away, Subiniwas diagnosed with malaria, and eventually passed away due to it, leaving the six brothers and sisters orphans. On their mother's death, Reshmita, the eldest among the six, ...

  The Chhanchunia Village in Pallahara Block is not one of the most developed places, and people are often attacked by common third-world diseases like malaria and dengue. Recently, for similar causes, there have been quite a few death cases in this Kunjam panchayat ruled village. One such family was that of Amulya Champia.               This daily wage earner very recently passed away from certain health ailments, leaving their family of 7 to his wife, Subini. The 7 daughters and mother were somehow taking on each day as a challenge, with the bare minimum to eat and wear. However, they managed to wed the eldest of the sisters but were left with the rest.  Only 3 months after the death of Amulya Champia, Subina also fell prey to the deadly disease of malaria. This led to the 6 sisters being left alone in the world, struggling to even get through one day. Out of the 6 sisters and brothers, Rashmita is the eldest and has taken on over her ...

Amid the horrific state of Covid pandemic and increasing number of Covid positive cases in Odisha, many Covid patients have recovered from the deadly disease after being treated at KIMS hospital.               https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d07WLWIIR9A The Covid 19 recovered patients have praised effort and cooperation of the doctors, health workers and staff of KIMS hospital. The hospital is being praised for providing best treatment and utmost care. A few patients shared their experience of getting treated at the hospital. Muralidhar Mahapatra, a patient who recovered after getting treated at KIMS hospital said, “The day we came here, that day practically my health condition was miserable. However, the right treatment began here. The health workers in KIMS hospital put their best service. KIMS hospital is like home to us.”

  KIIT   and KISS provide cooked food to needy people in fifteen districts of Odisha. After the lockdown was extended till May 31, KIIT and KISS have started the drive to provide free food at 21 places including 18 places in 15 districts and 3 places in Bhubaneswar. KIIT and KISS have decided to run the free food drive till May 31.            https://youtu.be/8Ml7Xlo5n6A KIIT and KISS Founder Dr. Achyuta Samanta is personally monitoring the drive. Odisha government has extended lockdown till May 31 in the wake of severity of the Covid pandemic. During this period cooked food (lunch) is being provided by KIIT and KISS to poor and helpless people in 15 districts including Koraput, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Nabarangpur, Kalahandi, Balangir, Sambalpur, Sonepur, Sundergarh, Keonjhar, Mayurbhanj, Kandhamal, Boudh, Ganjam and Gajapati. In Bhubaneswar, KIIT and  KISS  are providing cooked food in Buddhanagar Leprosy colony, Mancheswar Jagannath Lepr...

KISS Foundation takes responsibility of six helpless orphan siblings. Amulya Champia of Gentunali sahi in Chhanchunia village under Kunjam panchayat in Pallahada block in Angul district died last year. Following his death, Amulya’s wife Subini was somehow managing the family of six children. She also died of Malaria 3 months back for which the six siblings became orphan. The eldest of the seven siblings is married. The rest 6 siblings are facing much trouble to maintain themselves. Rashmita is the eldest of these 6 siblings. She is nourishing the family by taking care of the pet animals of the villagers.             https://youtu.be/qXUknUv-kJk After knowing about ordeal of the children from media, Kandhamal MP and Founder of KISS & KIIT Dr. Achyuta Samanta enquired about the orphan siblings with the help of his staff. He immediately provided Rs 10,000 to the siblings for running of the family. Dr. Samanta also announced that Rs 10,000 will be given e...

It is usually the family from where the sense of love, affection and sharing happiness to others originates. Actually, the love and affection disseminated by the mother become the stepping stone of encouragement for the children to give to others later in their life. Based on this thought, the 8 th  Art of Giving Day is being celebrated across the world on 17 th  May 2021. The Founder of Art of Giving, Dr. Achyuta Samanta has picked  'My Mother-My Hero ' as the theme of AOG for this year to spread the essence of loving others and sharing happiness among them unconditionally. No outdoor activity has been organized to mark the occasion. The fans and followers of AOG across the globe are celebrating Art of Giving Day enthusiastically by conveying gratitude to their Mothers. Due to the enduring 2 nd  wave of Covid-19 pandemic, requests have been made to one and all, to pay gratitude to their mothers on this theme staying at home this year.

It is about the Joy of Giving that has manifested itself during the hours of need and that too at a time, as crippling as the pandemic, the sharing of a morsel matters. KIIT  & KISS Founder, Dr. Achyuta Samanta has done that for years and that too his initiative during the pandemic in specific has remained exemplary.  And he responded swiftly when the Covid-19 hit Odisha and tried to reduce the sufferings of thousands not only human but, animals as well who look up for a stimulus to survive.  KIIT &  KISS  had no class yardstick but it was all pervasive and a single soul was not left unattended.  It did in 2020 and the repeat of that during the second wave speaks for itself in 2021.                         No Class Barriers Right from patients to the thousands of migrant workers, people in jeopardy and people gasping for basic needs in containment zones, to slums, it is the helping hands of...

  Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) is the only university in the world exclusively for the tribal students. Founded by eminent educationist and social activist Dr. Achyuta Samanta , KISS is one-of-its-kind fully-free and fully-residential institution, imparting education from KG to PG as well as doctoral programme to the tribal students. KISS, as a whole, is a home for 60000 tribal children (30000 existing and 30000 passed out students).      Eminent personalities from Odisha, who have brought pride to the State at national and international stage, have joined in different top positions as the Chancellor, Pro-Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Director General of KISS Deemed to be University. Mr. Satya S. Tripathi, a former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), has taken over as the Chancellor of KISS Deemed to be University. Mr. Tripathi, who hails from Cuttack district of Odisha, has 40 years of rich and varied experi...

  Eminent educationist and philanthropist Dr. Achyuta Samanta , Founder, KIIT & KISS was conferred with the prestigious Honorary D.Litt. Degree by the Sikkim Professional University for his relentless contribution to social service and education at the 5th Convocation of the University on 8th May 2021. This is the 46th Honorary Doctorate for Dr. Samanta. Earlier, he has been awarded Honorary Doctorate Degrees from many reputed institutions for his contributions in the fields of education and social work.                                                   The virtual convocation was graced by Shri Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Hon'ble Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, Government of India as Chief Guest, while Shri Kunga Nima Lepcha, Hon'ble Minister, Sports & Youth Affairs Department, Educ...

  KIIT is one of the most prestigious institutions in the whole of Eastern India. It is deemed to be a university and is the only institution in India to get a “Five Stars Rating” in the QS Star Ratings System. The results were first published on 27th April, last Tuesday. The QS Star Ratings System is a division of the QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd & they have rated KIIT with the maximum stars ratings in 2021. The bagging of “ Five Stars Rating ” is of great significance because it indicates a high quality service that is being provided to the students. The ratings are provided only after a rigorous and independent data collection. The data is analyzed on the basis of performance metrics that is spread across eight different categories. The ratings are valid for the next three years. KIIT received five stars in four categories and four stars in the rest of the four categories. So, their score stood at an average of 5 stars. This rating means a lot to KIIT because it indicates th...

  KIIT , Kalinga Institute of Industrial Training has become the first Indian university to bag “Five Stars Rating” from the famous QS Star Ratings System. KIIT has been deemed to be a University. It has been serving high quality education since 1992 and is located in Orissa. The final results of the QS ratings came out on 27th April 2021 and it was not a surprise to see such fantastic results for the KIIT institution.                                    The QS Star Ratings System indicates which educational institutions have performed in a fantastic manner over the last few years. The five star rating is the maximum achievable point in their system. This rating is given only after looking at a pool of independent and true collection of data and analysis based on the performance metrics of any institution. There are eight different categories which determine the overall quality of the concerned...

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  Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology or KIIT, also known as the KIIT University, is now deemed to be university that is located in Bhubaneswar, Orissa. KIIT was established in 1992 by Achyuta Samanta and is affiliated to UGC, NAAC & ACU. It can be easily placed in the list of top 50 institutions in India. But, the recent news about KIIT receiving 5 Stars in the QS Star Ratings System has boosted the institute's morale by significant margins.                    The QS Star Ratings System is the wing of QS Quacquarelli Symonds Ltd., and is considered to be one of the best educational recognition to any institution around the world. KIIT, bagging a straight 5 stars have made it the first college to receive such a remarkable rating in India. No other institution has been able to achieve it. The ratings are based on high quality and an extensive research done by the independent agencies who study various aspects of the insti...

  Jungle Cry won the 'Best Film' (Jury) award at the 11th Dada Saheb Phalke International Film Festival 2021. Based on the inspiring true story of 12 students from Kalinga Institute (KISS) 'Jungle Cry' follows their triumphant journey to the International Junior Rugby Tournament held in the UK in 2007. They go on to win the prestigious U14 Rugby World Cup in England. Jungle Cry is a story that defines nothing is impossible and promotes that education, sports and helps eradicate poverty and create patriotism for every nation, as KISS does. The Rugby film, helmed by Sagar Ballary of "Bheja Fry" fame and Prashant Shah of Bollywood Hollywood Productions chronicles the journey of 12 students of KISS .                                     KISS a home for 30,000 tribal students was established for tribal children empowerment through education also focused on sports as a tool for empowerment. Rugby was...