Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

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
2,500[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

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), formerly KIIT University, is a Premier 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] The admissions for all the programmes except for MBBS and BDS are conducted through KIITEE exam which is held annually in multiple phases.[8][9][10]

It was founded in 1992 as Industrial Training Institute in Bhubaneswar with a seed revenue of ₹5000 (US$66.8).[11] 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'.[12] It is part of KIIT Society which is estimated to be worth ₹10,000 Crores (US$1.3 billion) as of 2020.[13]

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.[11][14] In 2019 KIIT was recognised as Institute of Eminence by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India.[15] It has been granted Tier-1 accreditation by the National Board of Accreditation.[16] ARIIA 2021 ranked KIIT as India's best private university in innovation and self-financing.[17][18]

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  2. ^ "KIIT University X". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  3. ^ "Faculty Profile List of KIIT". KIIT. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  4. ^ "KIIT University". Times Higher Education (THE). 21 May 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  5. ^ "University". www.ugc.ac.in. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  6. ^ Mohammad Suffian (4 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: In a first, 3 athletes from KIIT University in Odisha qualify for the Games". India Today. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Graduation Courses, Master Courses & Syllabus". KIIT. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  8. ^ Scroll Staff (7 June 2021). "KIITEE 2021 Phase 1 counselling result announced at kiitee.kiit.ac.in". Scroll.in. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  9. ^ "KIIT Information Brochure" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Eligibility Criteria". KIITEE Admission. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  11. ^ a b "History". KIIT. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  12. ^ "Don't use 'university' in institute names, UGC directs deemed-to-be varsities". The Indian Express. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  13. ^ "Eminence tag to two private institutes did not meet key eligibility criterion". The Indian Express. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Full list of institutions granted autonomy by University Grants Commission; here's what JNU, BHU, AMU have got". The Financial Express. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  15. ^ "KIITEE 2022 Admissions Begin for UG, PG Courses, no Application Fee Levied". News18. 10 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  16. ^ "National Board of Accreditation". www.nbaind.org. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  17. ^ "ARIIA Rankings 2021: IIT Madras Tops Again; KIIT Best Private University". NDTV.com. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  18. ^ Hemanta Pradhan (30 December 2021). "kiit: Kiit Secures Top Rank Among Self-financing Institutes For 2nd Year | Bhubaneswar News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 30 December 2021.