In 1992 Achyuta Samanta established the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), one of India's leading universities. In 2004, by the ministry of human resource development, the government of India KIIT was declared deemed university. In 2014, KIIT put forward a robust experiential learning platform with its several Centre of Excellence (CoE).
'ô Category University accredits KIIT as per the Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India and 'Tier 1' (Washington Accord) by NBA IET, UK.
The Institute is ranked 24th among Indian Universities as per National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of HRD, GOI.
To make students industry-ready, KIIT flocks several events with top companies such as Accenture, Amazon, Aditya Birla, Dell Technologies, Deloitte, TCS, Wipro. With the highest salary exceeding 30 LPA, 4379 students were given offers by 195 companies in 2020.
The Institute provides undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral level courses in various disciplines like engineering, medical, sciences, arts, commerce, law, and mass communication. It also offers specialized courses in new domains of fashion designing, film, and television.
KIIT has been declared the winner of THE (Times Higher Education) Award Asia in the category 'Workplace of the Year' Like all other Institutes.
