Dr. Achyuta Samanta
Founder & Mentor – KIIT & KISS
KISS Foundation India, UK & USA
General President, ISCA (2017-18)
Chief Patron, KIIT Nanhipari
Chief Patron
- Born in 1965, obtained Master’ Degree in Chemistry in 1987 from Utkal University, Doctorate Degree in Social Sciences and started teaching at the age of 22
- 30 years of teaching experience and counting
- Founder Chancellor of KIIT-Deemed to be University and the youngest Chancellor of any Indian University
- Founder Chancellor of KISS-Deemed to be University (first Tribal University in the world) and the first person to be Chancellor of any Tribal University in the world
- Served as a member of two apex Educational bodies of India, University Grants Commission (UGC) for two consecutive terms (2008-11 & 2011-2014) and Executive Committee of All Indian Council for Technical Education (AICTE)
- First Odia to become Member of UGC and the first Indian to be Member of both UGC and AICTE simultaneously
- Served as a Member of several other Govt. of India bodies like NCTE, ISTE, ISCA, COIR BOARD, CAPART etc
- Served as a Member of the Academic Council of Central University of Assam and Odisha
- Nominated as Principal Advisor to the Department of Education, Govt. of Manipur for 2018-2021
- General President of Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) – 2017-18
- Honoured with National Award for the welfare of children 2016 by His Excellency, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, Hon’ble President of India
- Honoured with first ever Kautilya Award by Indian Economic Association
- Delivered nearly 100 motivational speeches, including convocation address, keynote address and foundation day lecture in different institutions and organizations across the country and abroad
- Conferred with 37 Honoris Causa Doctorate Awards from prestigious Universities across the globe.
- 4 National and International Fellowships – ISTE, CSI, ICA & APACH
- Decorated with Civilian Awards from countries including Gusi Peace Prize International, the Highest Civilian Award from Bahrain besides over 50 National and International and over 200 State Honors and accolades
- Founder of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT-Deemed to be University) – www.kiit.ac.in– and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS-Deemed to be University), Bhubaneswar – www.kiss.ac.in – fully free and fully residential tribal institute
- Prof. Samanta – www.achyutasamanta.com started KIIT and KISS with only Rs. 5000/- (100 USD) in a tworoom rented house. KIIT has now grown into the most promising professional University in the Country with global acclaim having 27,000 students from across the globe
- KISS has become the largest Residential Tribal Institute in the world providing free Education from Kindergarten to Post Graduation, a home for 37,000 tribal children (27,000 existing students and 10,000 graduated)
- KIIT and KISS chronicled in the Limca Book of Records and 3 Guinness World Records on many counts
- Immense contribution in the field of Education, Professional Education, Health, Art, Culture, Literature, Rural Development, Social Service and Spiritualism
- Transformed the remote village ‘Kalarabanka’, Cuttack into a Smart Village and the entire Manpur Panchayat into a Model Panchayat (cluster of villages)
- Working to establish 20 branches of KISS in different districts of Odisha and another 20 branches across the country besides establishing KISS-Delhi in 2013 for the underprivileged sections of the society and 2 branches of KISS in Bangladesh
- Providing employment to around 10,000 directly and over 2,00,000 indirectly
- Created 100 successful Entrepreneurs across the country
- Propounded Art of Giving (www.artofgiving.in.net) – a philosophy of life to promote peace and happiness
- Hobby is to spread happiness and peace in the society and to see smile in the face of poor children
- Prof. Samanta has been working relentlessly to achieve Zero Poverty, Zero Hunger and Zero Illiteracy since 1987
- Nominated by the Govenor of Manipur as an Advisor to the Department of Education, Govt. of Manipur
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