Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

Deemed to be University at Odisha, India

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

Type| Private
Established| 1992 (32 years ago) (1992)
Founder| Achyuta Samanta
Affiliation| UGC, NAAC, ACU
Chancellor| Ashok Kumar Parija[1]
Vice-Chancellor| Saranjit Singh[2]

Academic staff

| 3,500[3]
Students| 40000(Undergraduates and Postgraduates)
Location|

Bhubaneswar

Odisha

India

20°21′10″N 85°49′10″E﻿ / ﻿20.35278°N 85.81944°E﻿ / 20.35278; 85.81944
Campus| 6,117 acres (24.75 km2),[4] Urban, 6,117 acres (2,475 ha)
Website| kiit.ac.in

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT), formerly KIIT University, is a private deemed university[5] located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.[6] It offers 34 undergraduate, 32 postgraduate, 10 integrated, 11 Ph.D and 7 postdoctoral research programmes in the fields of science and engineering, medical science, management, law, film and media, humanities and yoga and sports.[7]

It was founded in 1992 as Industrial Training Institute in Bhubaneswar.[8] In 2017 it was renamed Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology following the UGC order to drop the term "University" from the name for all the institutes granted the status of 'Deemed to be Universities'.[9]

## History

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KIIT was established in 1992 as an Industrial Training Institute with only twelve students and two faculty.[10] It is part of KIIT Society which is estimated to be worth US$1.3 billion as of 2020.[11] In 1997, the School of Technology and the School of Computer Application was established. In 2004 it was conferred the status of deemed university and renamed KIIT University.[12]

The KIIT School of Biotechnology, School of Rural Management, School of Medicine and KIIT Law School were started in 2007.[13] It was declared as deemed university in 2004 and was conferred with Category A status in 2014.[8][14]

In 2017, the institute was renamed back Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, following a request from all institutes deemed to be universities not to use "university" in their title.[15]

Central library of the institute

## Academics

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KIIT has 27,000+ students.[10][16] Each academic program is functioning in different independent campuses.

### Accreditation

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KIIT was accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with an A++ grade with a score of 3.48 out of 4 points.[17]

### Rankings

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University rankings

General – international
QS (Asia) (2023)[18]| 401–500
Times (World) (2023)[19]| 601–800
Times (Asia) (2022)[20]| 201–250
Times (Emerging) (2022)[21]| 201–250
General – India
NIRF (Overall) (2021)[22]| 34
NIRF (Universities) (2021)[23]| 20
Engineering – India
NIRF (2021)[24]| 42
Medical – India
NIRF (2021)[25]| 30
Law – India
NIRF (2021)[26]| 11
Business/Management – India
NIRF (2021)[27]| 48

Internationally, KIIT was ranked 401–500 in Asia on the QS World University Rankings of 2023.[18] It was ranked 601–800 in the world by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2023,[19] 201–250 in Asia in 2022[20] and in the same band among emerging economies.[21]

In India, it was ranked 37th among engineering colleges by the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2024, 15th among all universities and 28th overall. NIRF also ranked it 67th in the management ranking, 25th in medical ranking and 11th in law ranking.[28] KIIT ranked 1st in India in the 2020 ARIIA Ranking published by the MHRD under the 'Private or Self-Financed Universities' category.[29] In the NIRF Rankings announced on 11 June 2020, KIIT's rank improved to 44th from 50th in the Overall category, while it was ranked 24th in the rank for University.[30]

## References

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1. ^ Pioneer, The. "Parija new KIIT Chancellor". The Pioneer. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
2. ^ "KIIT University X". X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
3. ^ "Faculty Profile List of KIIT". KIIT. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
4. ^ "KIIT University". Times Higher Education (THE). 21 May 2021. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
5. ^ "University". www.ugc.ac.in. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
6. ^ Mohammad Suffian (4 July 2021). "Tokyo Olympics: In a first, 3 athletes from KIIT University in Odisha qualify for the Games". India Today. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
7. ^ "Graduation Courses, Master Courses & Syllabus". KIIT. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
8. ^ a b "History". KIIT. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
9. ^ "Don't use 'university' in institute names, UGC directs deemed-to-be varsities". The Indian Express. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
10. ^ a b "Overview". KIIT University. Archived from the original on 30 August 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
11. ^ "Eminence tag to two private institutes did not meet key eligibility criterion". The Indian Express. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
12. ^ "KIIT Accreditation". Archived from the original on 17 September 2008.
13. ^ "KIIT claims to make it to record book". The Hindu. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 10 November 2007. Retrieved 1 May 2009.
14. ^ "Full list of institutions granted autonomy by University Grants Commission; here's what JNU, BHU, AMU have got". The Financial Express. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
15. ^ "Don't use 'university' in institute names, UGC directs deemed-to-be varsities". The Indian Express. 15 November 2017. Retrieved 1 December 2017.
16. ^ "About KIIT". Retrieved 6 December 2017.
17. ^ "KIIT gets NAAC 'A++' Grade accreditation". The Pioneer. 27 May 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
18. ^ a b "QS Asia University Rankings 2023". QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited. 8 November 2022.
19. ^ a b "World University Rankings 2023". Times Higher Education. 2022.
20. ^ a b "Asia University Rankings 2022". Times Higher Education. 2022.
21. ^ a b "Emerging Economies University Rankings 2022". Times Higher Education. 2022.
22. ^ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2021 (Overall)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 9 September 2021.
23. ^ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2021 (Universities)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 9 September 2021.
24. ^ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2021 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 9 September 2021.
25. ^ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2021 (Medical)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 9 September 2021.
26. ^ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2021 (Law)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 9 September 2021.
27. ^ "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2021 (Management)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 9 September 2021.
28. ^ "NIRF Ranking 2024" (PDF).
29. ^ "ARIIA 2020: Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements". Retrieved 15 September 2020.
30. ^ "NIRF 2020: Odisha's KIIT ranks high in all categories much to Dr Samanta's delight". The New Indian Express. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

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