Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (Deemed University)

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KIIT University


Established	1992
Type	Education and Research Institution
Chancellor	Achyuta Samanta
Students	Over 8000
Location	Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
Campus	Urban, 200 acres, 12 independent distributed campuses
Website	www.kiit.org www.kiit.ac.in

KIIT University, Bhubaneswar ,located in the eastern state of Orissa, is one of the youngest institutions to be awarded the deemed university status in India.[1] Now it is awarded the status of a University.

[edit] History

Established in 1992, this institution was the bulwark of Pradyumna Bal,Achyuta Samanta, Prasanta Mishra and Chitta Mishra, who had together envisioned a profound center of learning in India and so pursued to lay the foundation of KIIT. Within a very short span of time, this institution grew from an ITI training centre to a recognized technical educational institute with good infrastructure and academic curriculum.

[edit] Vision

KIIT was instituted with a vision to contribute to global well being. It's missions are:

To impart quality technical education of international standard and imbibe skill for solving real life problems.
To inculcate national/global perspective in attitude.
To create leadership qualities with futuristic vision.
To foster spirit of entrepreneurship, and realization of societal responsibilities.
To cultivate adaptation of ethics, morality and healthy practices in professional life.
To instill habit of continual learning.
To bring about total personality development and create conscientious and responsible world citizens.
To encourage and support creative abilities and research temperament.
To establish and promote close interaction with industry and other utility sectors and keep abreast with state-of-the-art technology

[edit] Academic Programs

Today KIIT is accredited institute catering to seven distinct streams. Each academic program is functioning in different independent campus.

[edit] Programmes under KIIT University

B Tech and M Tech : Offered from KITS School of Technology, established in 1997
Master in Computer Application (MCA) : established in 1997
MBA and MBA (BIM) :Offered from IBAT School of Management, established in 1993
KISP:(International School)
B.Tech, M.Sc and PhD program in Biotechnology: Offered by KIIT School of Biotechnology (KSBT), starting from 2007

[edit] Programmes under KIIT Society

Diploma Engineering : Offered from Kalinga Polytechnic, established in 1994
Certificate Courses :Offered from Industrial Training Institute, established in 1992
+2 Science College : established in 2004

[edit] Social Responsibility

As a successful institution located in one of the poorest State of India, KIIT Deemed University is aware of its social responsibility. The institute has been undertaking several social development activities under following two units.

Centre for Social Development : established in 1994
Kalinga School of Socially Challenged : established in 1994

[edit] Other Programs

Kalinga Software Pvt. Ltd. : Incorporate in 1998 and registered as an EOU under the Software technology Park of India (STPI), Bhubaneswar, KSPL was established with an objective to provide low cost computer based solutions to small and medium sector business enterprises. It executes its projects right from conceptualizing, content creation & executing presentations using leading edge multimedia technologies and training methodologies.

[edit] Research and Develeopement

KIIT has a R & D Cell headed by Dean, Research & Industrial Coordination along with other qualified faculty members who collaborate with various Research Organizations like Regional Research Laboratory (RRL), Institute of Physics, Institute of Mathematics and Utkal University who undertake and coordinate various activities to strengthen the Research and Development works of the Institute.Over the years qualified and experienced persons having R & D experience from reputed National and International Labs/ Industries/ Institutions have joined the Institution by which the R & D activities have been augmented considerably.

[edit] Major R & D Thrust Areas

Computer Science & IT: Queuing Theory, Artificial Neural Network.
Mechanical : Skin Friction Reduction in Boundary Layers
Electrical Engineering : Expert System Application to Power Problems.
Electronics & Telecom : Super Conductor, Microwave, Nano Technology.
Electronics & Electrical : Super Conductor, Electrical Machines, Nano Technology.
Civil Engineering : Environmental Impact Assessment, Rural Road Network
Biotechnology : Infection biology, Host-pathogen interaction, vaccine development, Environmental biotechnology, Functional genomics, plant molecular biology.

[edit] IBAT (B School of KIIT)

Ameliorating Organizational effectiveness : An innovative Hierarchical Model. The objective of this model is to identify the individual and organizational factors like empowerment, entrepreneurial leadership, organizational citizenship behavior, culture and performance orientation.

Entrepreneurial Leadership : The objective of this project lies in identification of the personality attributes of an entrepreneur; who are the key drivers of many innovative business houses. This research is a joint project of IBAT in collaboration with Prof. Vipin Gupta of Wharton Business School of USA.

[edit] Accreditation

[edit] Youngest Deemed University in India

KIIT has the distinction of becoming the youngest institute ever in the country to be declared a Deemed University by Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India.[2]

With its dynamic progress within a short span of time, KIIT is the youngest [3] institution in India to receive accreditation by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) of All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and National Accreditation and Assessment Council (NAAC) of UGC for its Degree in Engineering, MCA and MBA programs. The process of accreditation takes into account the excellence of the institution in the field of infrastructure, academics, faculty and teaching imparted.

[edit] Campus

The college buildings make use of high end technology labs with state of the art equipments. There is an online library. The campuses and hostels are networked through wireless VPN connectivity. The University is among the few educational institution in the globe to introduce wireless connectivity in the campuses. The ten campuses are architecturally splendid.

The infrastructure includes:

Classroom : Air-conditioned multimedia classroom with wireless LCD projector facilitates an ideal learning environment.
Library : The institute has an independent Library complex open round the clock. Students have access to ample stock of books and journals. Services provided to the users include, Current Awareness Service (CAS), Reference Service, Documentation Service, Reprographic Service, Digital Library and Web Library. Through the web library, users can access 9000 International journals online. Out of these 2253 journals are of full text versions and can be downloaded and/or printed. The library is also equipped with digital facilities having reference CDs, abridged version of encyclopedia Britannica and so on.
Information Communication and Technology : At KIIT, the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) facilities including networking is state-of-the-art and extremely advanced. Here the network securely converges data, voice and video; enables intelligent network infrastructures and deploys mobility solution by exploiting technologies such as VOIP, Video Conferencing, Streaming Video, Online Library and Wireless LAN. With such high-end technologies being incorporated, campus networking at KIIT has only a few parallels in the globe among educational establishments and universities. Each student and faculty are provided with wireless laptops, which enables them to connect to the campus network and broadband internet from anywhere in the campus.
Transport : A fleet of buses meets the transport needs of the students and staff coming to the campus from various parts of the city.
Medical Facility : Students and staff avail round the clock medical attention from Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS. Besides an Out Patient Department and Ambulance service, KIMS has a 450-bed multi-specialty hospital.
Post Office and Bank : An in-house computerized Post Office is functioning from the Campus. All postal stationeries along with Speed Post facility are available at the Post Office. A full-fledged Branch of Allahabad Bank is also functioning from within the campus. The fully-computerised branch also provides round the clock ATM facility in the campus.
Indoor Stadium: Biju Patnaik Indoor Stadium, established by KIIT, is one of the biggest indoor stadiums in the state next to Barbati Indoor stadium at Cuttack.It provides facility for all indoor games, including an air-conditioned billiards room. Twelve station Multygym, Billiards, Table Tennis, Badminton, Chess and Carom are the main attractions of the indoor stadium. An ultra-modern health club is also housed in this Indoor Stadium.
Health Club: The Health Club provides state-of-the-art facilities at par with 5-Star Hotels. Students can register for this facility and benefit from it under guidance from a full-time professional fitness trainer.
Outdoor Stadium : The outdoor stadium extends facilities for Basketball, Volleyball and Lawn Tennis. Equipment for outdoor games like volleyball, basketball, lawn tennis are available to the students.
Hostel : All academic programmes offered by KIIT Deemed University are fully residential to help students cope with tasking academic requirement. There are separate hostels for boys and girls with feel at home ambience and 24 hrs Internet connectivity in each room.

[edit] Student Activities

[edit] QUTOPIA

Qutopia is the quizzing society of KIIT-University. Established with the motto of ‘Quiz for Quiz's Sake’, the group claims to be a perfect heaven for all the quizzers. Born out of a desire to learn more about the world and beyond as well as an urge to share what we know, this group has its roots in the meetings that used to take place in the lawns of Block A of the Degree college - KITS and was initially confined to a very small group but it now boasts of a rich community of both professional and rookie quizzers who meet every Saturday to feast on quizzing, only now, at the Student Activity Centre(SAC). This group is also maintained online through yahoo groups where the activity persists day in and day out.

‘Udghosh’ is the annual event of this society dedicated to the efforts of all the Ex-Kiitians who had setup the original quiz group of KIIT with the same name. In fact the underlying theme of Qutopia is :- Once a Quizzer, Always a Quizzer.

[edit] SPICMACAY

The Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth (SPICMACAY), is a non-profit organization which promotes classical Indian music, dance, and culture. SPICMACAY was founded in 1977 by Dr. Kiran Seth in IIT Delhi. It seeks to foster the exchange of traditional Indian values and to generate awareness of the cultural traditions and heritage of India. In order to achieve its goals, SPICMACAY organizes concerts, lectures, demonstrations, informal discussions, and seminars. These are hosted by local chapters of the organization.

The KIIT chapter of SPICMACAY was formed in September of 2003. Since then KIIT has been home to numerous concerts featuring artists of international repute such as Baha'ud'din Mohiuddin Dagar, Gundecha Bandhu, Sushmita Banerjee, Wajahat Khan, Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia etc. apart from hosting a state convention of SPICMACAY.

[edit] KRONICLE

The literary society of KIIT University takes pride in embarking on a journey towards reliving the very foundation of our existence in a new style by highlighting one of our highly regarded Fundamental Rights - the Right of Expression. This society aims at channelizing the efforts of the present generation so as to find solutions to the numerous crises surrounding us. The foremost objective of this society is to create enthusiasm among people in this part of the country regarding communication and presentation skills and establish a platform for the development of the same. The society would work for a noble cause and for the achievement of a common goal; that of overall development of an individual in this constantly changing and enhancing intellectual world. This society is active officially since the month of August '06'. Being the sibling in the forest of communities that are present in the college this has achieved instant success. This society also holds the annual oratory event "PRATIJJA" in the college along with other creative activities.

[edit] Techno-Mangement Fest

[edit] KRITANSH

" KRITANSH " the 1st annual Techno-Management fest of KIIT Deemed University is scheduled to be held from 16^th to 18^th February 2007.Kritansh is derived from the Sanskrit words “Krita” and “Ansh” which literally means a fraction of all that has been created from the wonders of nature to the marvels of man's own creation.

The event will provide a platform for the progressive brains of our nation to interact, compete and display their creativity and talent.Kritansh '07 which will have a wide array of events, promises to be the 2^nd largest techno-management fest in the entire eastern region.The fest will be the ideal medium for the exchange of ideas among the youth coming from various parts of the country and expose the future generation to the latest technological advancements.

Kritansh '07 will feature a total of 20 events spread over a period of 3 days.For further details about the various events that are slated to be held please visit the web site [4].

[edit] Conferences

[edit] ICET

The International Conference on Emerging Technology (ICET - held in 2003 and 2004) is normally held during last phase of the year at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India. The conference focusses on the R&D efforts in the emerging areas of Engineering, Technology, Applied Sciences and Management, to bring industrial problems to researchers and offer technology solutions to the industries. This also creates an opportunity for prominent specialists, researchers, and engineers from different countries to share their experiences in the latest research and development activities in various fields.

[edit] ICDCIT

The International Conference on Distributed Computing & Internet Technology (ICDCIT conference series), established by KIIT Deemed University, Bhubaneswar, India, since 2004 has provided a prestigious international forum for the discussion and the exchange of ideas among the researchers working in the areas of Networking, Distributed Programming, Distributed Data Management and Internet Technology.

[edit] ATMIDPA

The conference is aimed at providing a common platform to researchers, industry personnel, academicians and participating professionals to interact and deliberate about the existing technology and management approaches, recent developments and possible methods to be adopted in the field of construction, restoration activities and damage limitations in disaster prone areas. Original unpublished research works in the theme mentioned above are invited for presentation in the conference and publications in the conference proceedings. Special invited lecturers by experts from leading institutions, research organization and industries, panel discussion have been arranged in addition to paper presentation

[edit] Graduate Research Workshop

The Graduate Research Workshop will take place in conjunction with the 6th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Internet Technology (http://www.kiit.org/ICDCIT2006.htm), to be held Dec. 20-23, 2006 in Bhubaneswar, India. The ICDCIT'06 Graduate Research Workshop will provide an opportunity for graduate and post graduate students to explore their research interests in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance of a panel of distinguished experts in the field.

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