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