KISS - Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences
pankaj batra is currently serving as the Assistant Director at KiiT University. Previously, they held positions as the International Relations Officer at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology and Project Coordinator at Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences. In addition, they have experience in marketing at THE TIMES OF AFRICA. They hold a Master's degree in Marketing from the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree from Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University.
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KISS - Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences
We are an educational institute, 60,000 strong, powered by the belief that a better world - free from hunger, poverty & illiteracy - is possible. We provide free of cost education, accommodation, food and healthcare to over 30,000 indigenous students currently studying at our main campus in Bhubaneswar, in addition to 15,000 alumni and an additional 15,000 students spread across our satellite centres. Our students are educated and empowered through a holistic approach involving academia, sports and vocational training from Class I to PhD. We also prioritise efforts to preserve the varied tribal cultures, heritage and languages from over 62 tribes represented in our student body. We have also been granted 'Deemed to be University' status by the University Grants Commission, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, since 2017. We were founded by Dr. Achyuta Samanta, who also founded our sister organisation - the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT University), which is now recognised by the Government of India as an Institution of Eminence. KISS was established in 1993, with 125 tribal children at a rented house in Bhubaneswar. Now, more than two and half decades later, it stands as a unique model of empowerment for tribal students.