Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences

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Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences
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Other name
KISS University
MottoEradicating hunger through Education
Type Deemed university
Established1993;31 years ago (1993)
Founder Achyuta Samanta
Affiliation UGC
Chancellor Satya S. Tripathi
Vice-Chancellor Deepak Kumar Behera
Location, ,
India

20°12′46″N85°28′59″E / 20.21269°N 85.48314°E / 20.21269; 85.48314
CampusUrban
Website university.kiss.ac.in

Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), informally KISS University, is a higher education institute deemed-to-be-university located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. It was established in 1993 as a residential tribal school and became a deemed-to-be-university in 2017.

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History

KISS was founded in 1993 by Achyuta Samanta as a residential tribal school. [1] In 2017 the institute was awarded a university status. [2]

Satya S. Tripathi was appointed chancellor in 2021 and Sasmita Samanta is now appointed Vice Chancellor of the university. [3] [4]

In April 2023 Speaking at a press conference at Kolkata Achyuta Samanta told that, In the next three years, we are planning to expand. We will hold talks with the Bengal government soon and we hope that we will get land for setting up a campus here. We will start with school-level and gradually expand to Post-Graduation. [5]

Academic

The university offers bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees.

Bachelor degree

Admission into bachelor's degree are channelized into Arts, Science and Commerce streams (all Hons.) and all streams are focus on the tribal studies ( Culture, Philosophy, Heritage, Science & Technology, Linguistics & Literature, Resource Management, Legal Studies & Rights) aspects.

Master degree

There are 7 master's degree departments. [6]

Ph.D. / M.Phil.

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References

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  2. "Kalinga Institute Of Social Sciences Declared Deemed University". NDTV Aug 29, 2017 2:30 pm IST. Press Trust of India . Retrieved 11 April 2021.
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