Achyuta Samanta: At 50, my life is still a struggle to feed poor: Achyuta Samanta | Bhubaneswar News - Times of India He lost his father at the age of four and has lived a life of struggle. Now, at 50, he is one of the most successful educational entrepreneurs in the country, providing free education and healthcare to thousands of underprivileged children. On a recent visit to Kolkata, KIIT & KISS founder Achyuta Samanta shared his vision and more during an interaction with TOI's Avik Roy . You have turned a remote village in Cuttack into a world-class educational hub. How did you manage to bring that change? I have converted one remote village into a smart village. You have brought an education revolution in Odisha. I lost my father at the age of four. Between 1996 and 2017, it has been an eventful and long journey for you. I have decided not to expand KIIT University in any part of the country and the state but only focus on enhancement of quality. Despite that millions of children in the state are yet to step inside schools of any form. Where do you get all funds from? I am sure it has.
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Why India doesn’t know Achyuta Samanta - Mumbai Mirror I can take a wager that most of you reading this article would have never heard of Achyuta Samanta. Or, for that matter, about KISS and KIIT (both in Odhisha). You would have heard of Odhisha, I am sure, but that too, only peripherally, if at all. But then, this is not Samanta's problem. It is ours. As a collective whole, which includes our hysterical media. KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences) is a temple of education where over 50,000 students, mostly from the remotest tribal areas, come to get an education that is free: from kindergarten to postgraduate studies. The reason I am writing this is because there are very few Samantas in India and even fewer who get their share of recognition. We have to become a country which flags off the good and the remarkable with as much vigour and at times, venom, that we do the bad. The real India is, in effect, made up of real people like Samanta. The time for India to produce more Samantas has never been more acute.
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Achyuta Samanta - Wikipedia Achyuta Samanta (born 20 January 1965) is the founder of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT); Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), which provides free accommodation, food, healthcare, and education from class 1 to post-graduation with vocational training; KIIT International School (KIS), an International Baccalaureate affiliated school, and Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), a medical college. He is a promoter of culture and the arts through Kadambini Media Pvt Ltd (KMPL), an organisation he founded. He has been the organiser of Nanhi Pari, a Little Miss India competition, since 2000. He has established 25 spiritual centres and shrines, and is in the process of setting up 'Gandhi Gram' in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi, a tribal museum to showcase tribal life, art and culture, and a centre for yoga and spiritualism. Biography[edit] Samanta was born to Shri Anadi Charan Samanta and Smt. Samanta received an M.Sc in Chemistry from Utkal University.
KIIT University Reviews, News - Achyuta Samanta | Founder, KIIT & KISS Achyuta Samanta - KIIT University & KISS : April 2015 Achyuta Samanta - KIIT & KISS Founder Dr. Achyuta Samanta was conferred Honorary Fellowship Award by Computer Society of India (CSI) in Hyderabad. It is among the highest national-level awards of the Society, instituted in the year 1979, with an intention to honour distinguished personalities who have served the society with dedication, devotion and faith or those who have excelled in fields related to the society. The award recognizes Dr. Samanta’s contribution in making a difference to the society through education. It was conferred upon Dr. Earlier, recipients of this prestigious award include eminent personalities like, Mr. More Details - Achyuta Samanta KISS & KIIT Founder
A KISS of change In a popular fairy tale, a kiss turns a frog into a prince. Recently, I was fortunate enough to visit Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), in Bhubaneswar. Most people have heard of KISS and Achyuta Samanta (the founder of KISS and KIIT), or should have. But there is a reason for that cap of 25,000. KIIT has been a university, having first taken the deemed university route. KIIT University now has eleven different schools, spread over 400 acres and with 20,000 students. Other than the HRD ministry, UGC and AICTE, assorted newspapers and magazines rate educational institutions. Why not replicate KISS elsewhere, ignoring the problem of an inability to clone Achyuta Samanta? The author is Member, NITI Aayog.
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Achyuta Samanta bags Pride of India award Achyuta Samanta, educationist and founder of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) and Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), was awarded the Pride of India Award on Sunday. “The institute that began on a modest scale to educate the poorest of the poor tribal children and youth in Odisha and the neighbouring States is now home to over 25,000,” Mr. Achyuta said in his acceptance speech. “Our students have secured cent percent results in Class 10 and 12 examinations. They have carved their own paths and are doing well in life,” he said. “Achyuta is the richest man today, not in terms of money but with the countless number of blessings he has received from the oppressed tribal families. V.G. His institute educates thousands of tribal youth and children in Odisha and other States
Odisha tribal school, one of country’s largest, found to be ‘untidy, unhygienic’: Govt report One of India’s largest schools for tribal children allegedly has undernourished and anaemic children living in rooms that are untidy, stinky and unhygienic, an inquiry report by a government body has found. The Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) in Bhubaneswar was established in 1993 and houses more than 25,000 tribal children. The institute has been praised by visiting dignitaries including Presidents, prime ministers and Union and state minister, with the media hailing founder Achyuta Samanta as a “poverty slayer”.”As far as I know, KISS is the biggest such school in India,” said Union tribal welfare minister Jual Oram. But an inquiry conducted by the child welfare committee of Khurda district last month said the children’s living spaces were too congested and rooms not cross-ventilated. “There are no sufficient toilets available for huge number of children living in the hostel. Many of the bathrooms and toilets are left broken and need major repairing.