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Candlelight Prayer for 26/11 Victims Held at KISS
A candlelight prayer in memory of the brave hearts who lost their lives in 26/11 Mumbai Terror Attack was held at Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) on 26th November 2011. More than 15,000 people, including tribal students of KISS and staffs of KIIT & KISS, participated in the mass prayer held on the occasion of third anniversary of the terror attack. Shri S. N. Sabat, IPS, Inspector General, CRPF, Bhubaneswar and Shri S. K. Mishra, IPS, DIG, CRPF Group Centre, Bhubaneswar graced the occasion as Chief Guest and Guest of Honour respectively.
Paying rich tribute to the martyrs who secured Mumbai from the terrorists, Shri Sabat said that such attacks can be curbed with active cooperation of people. In the present situation, it is duty of every citizen to be vigilant, he added. Speaking to the tribal students of KISS, Shri Mishra advised them to follow three ‘D’ – determination, discipline and dedication – for success in life. Shri S. K. Mishra participated in the operation to flush out terrorists holed at strategic locations in Mumbai during 2008 terror attack.
Praying for the victims and martyrs, Dr. A. Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS said that people’s resolve to root out terrorism is stronger than ever now. Among others, Dr. P. K. Routaray, CEO, KISS and Dr. Motilal Dash, Director (Academics) were present |
Mega Blood Donation Camp: KIIT Makes Record
KIIT made all time record in blood collection in a Mega Blood Donation Camp organized by ‘Ama Odisha’ at KIMS on 19th November 2011. Total 1524 units of blood were collected at the camp. Never before such a high quantity of blood has been collected from any single institute in a single day. Of those who donated blood, 80% were students of various schools of KIIT who were donating blood for the first time. There was high participation of girls in the camp.
Shri Soumya Ranjan Patnaik, Chairman, 'Ama Odisha' & Editor, Sambad and Dr. A. Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS inaugurated the camp at 8.00 AM in the morning. Blood donation is not an act of charity, said Dr. Patnaik, while explaining that it is good for well being of self. Blood cannot be made by artificial means, he said. Blood donation is a duty as well as an act of giving back to the society, he added. Expressing satisfaction at the success of the camp, Dr. Samanta thanked all the donors for their noble act.
Blood of an individual has saved four lives today, said Dr. M. P. Mohanty, Hon. Secretary, Red Cross Odisha. He exhorted youths to donate blood in large numbers. Dr. S. C. Dash, Director, KIMS and Dr. B. C. Das, Principal also spoke on the occasion. Doctors and staff of 11 blood banks helped in blood collection at this blood donation camp. KIIT and 'Ama Odisha' had made extensive arrangements to make this mega camp systematic and successful. |
5th Foundation Day Lecture of KIIT School of Rural Management
Shri B. K. Sinha, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India delivered the 5th Foundation Day Lecture of KIIT School of Rural Management. His talk focused on the extreme disparities within India and how various rural development schemes are striving to combat these disparities. He advised the budding rural managers from KSRM to strive to bridge the governance and management deficit by their work in the development sector and the government. His talk also dwelt on the revolutionary potential of Information Technology in the arena of rural development.
In his welcome address, Dr. A Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS explained how KSRM was founded with the guidance and inspiration from Dr. Varghese Kurien, the father of India’s White Revolution.
Prof. L. K. Vaswani, Director, KSRM said that the school is unique in terms of promoting students research to build its knowledge base and feed the same into its curriculum. The Student’s Research Compendium-Kaleidoscope 3, containing details of field projects undertaken by students with support of more than 200 partner organization, was released on the occasion. KSRM also released its Working Paper Series.
Prof. A. S. Kolaskar, Vice-Chancellor, KIIT University said KSRM acts as a link between the KIIT University and the social service oriented KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences). Prof. Prasun Das proposed vote of thanks. Foundation stone of KSRM was laid on 20th November, 2006 by Dr. Kurien. Foundation Day Lecture Series was instituted to honour entrepreneurs, practitioners and policy makers in the field of rural development and governance. |
I Wish to Become Brand Ambassador of KISS: Dr. Narendra Jadhav
“I wish to become the brand ambassador of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), if given an opportunity by its Founder, Dr. A. Samanta”, said Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Hon’ble Member, Planning Commission and National Advisory Council, Govt. of India during his visit to the institute on 17th November 2011. He had come all the way to visit KISS, the largest tribal institute of the world, and interact with its 15,000 tribal children. Dr. Jadhav went around all the campuses of KIIT, besides gracing an interaction session with the tribal students of KISS. He also visited vocational training centres of KISS and commended efforts of Dr. Samanta for educational and all round development of tribal boys and girls. His visit to KISS was illuminating, he said, while explaining the students about nine secrets of success in life. KISS is the only institute in the whole world that works in the field of development of education and social change, he said. He also unveiled a stone plaque in his honour. Dr. Jadhav is responsible for education, labour, employment, skill development, sports & youth affairs and social justice & empowerment sectors in Five Year Plan of the Central Government.
Profile: Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Hon’ble Member, Planning Commission and National Advisory Council, Govt. of India
Dr. Narendra Jadhav is a leading educationist, eminent economist & policy maker, well-known social scientist and best-selling author. Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has called Dr. Jadhav, “a role-model for the disempowered millions in our country.” Dr. Narendra Jadhav is currently serving as a Member, Planning Commission (in the rank and status of Union Minister of State). Planning Commission is India’s apex policy-oriented Think Tank chaired by the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh with Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia as the Deputy Chairman. Dr. Narendra Jadhav has also been appointed as a Member, National Advisory Council (NAC), the apex advisory body, chaired by Smt. Sonia Gandhi. A Ph.D. in Economics from Indiana University, USA, he has served in important capacities in past including Vice Chancellor of University of Pune, the largest traditional University in the world, and Principal Adviser and Chief Economist in the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). He is a prolific writer with 100 research papers 14 books on economic and social issues, including some bestsellers. His books have been translated into 20 languages including 15 foreign languages. Dr. Jadhav has been a recipient of as many as 33 national and international awards for his contribution to the fields of economics, education, literature, culture and social work. |
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Dr. H. P. Kumar, CMD, NSIC Visits KISS
Hon’ble Chairman-cum-Managing Director of National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), Dr. H. P. Kumar visited Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) on 17th November 2011. He expressed satisfaction over the activities of KISS. Showering praise on various vocational training imparted to KISS students, he said these would help them attain self-sufficiency and help them for economic security. Dr. Kumar, who has been working in the field of self-employment of youths, assured all help for the development of vocational training in KISS. "I would be happy to be an advisor of KISS, if permitted", he said adding that he is keen to take forward vocational training activities of the institute. Dr. Samanta expressed his gratitude to Dr. Kumar for his visit. Among others, Mr. Satvinder Singh of NSIC, Dr. P. K. Routaray, CEO, KISS and Mr. R. N. Dash, Advisor, KIIT & KISS were present.
Profile: Dr. H. P. Kumar, Chairman-cum-Managing Director of National Small Industries Corporation
Dr. H. P. Kumar is the Chairman-cum-Managing Director of National Small Industries Corporation, a Public Sector organization of Government of India. Credited with scripting a remarkable turnaround of National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC), he is one of the most successful leaders of India's corporate sector. During the financial year 2009 - 10, the corporation recorded a net profit of about Rs. 2,500 crore. Dr. Kumar is a professional Banker and a Management Expert with Doctorate Degree in Rural Industrialisation. He also held senior positions of Corporate Head of Finance & C.E.O. in public sector corporations. Dr. Kumar’s vision is to provide a common platform to the youth from diverse ecomonic background in the country to become self-employeds or employable. |
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99th Indian Science Congress at KIIT
Governor Flags Off Bigyan Rath
Shri M. C. Bhandare, His Excellency the Governor of Odisha flagged off Bigyan Rath at Ramachandra High School, Khandapada, the birthplace of Pathani Samanta, on 14th November 2011. The Bigyan Rath is an innovative initiative of KIIT University to popularize science among the youths and common people of the State of Odisha. Being held as a prelude to the 99th Indian Science Congress, to be hosted by KIIT University in association with NISER from 3-7 January 2012, Bigyan Rath will travel 3500 kilometers covering all the 30 districts of Odisha. On its way, the Rath will conduct mass contact programmes at grassroot level to create sciential awareness among the youths, students, teachers and common people.
Expressing his satisfaction over hosting the 99th Indian Science Congress in Odisha after a gap of 34 years, Shri Bhandare praised the efforts of KIIT and NISER. The Rath will carry the message of science to the villages and create scientific temper among the common masses, he said.
Bigyan Rath will travel from the birthplace of Pathani Samanta (Khandapada) to the birthplace of P. K. Parija (Cuttack), two renowned scientists of the State, during its 20 days journey from 14th November to 3rd December 2011. It will cover more than 600 educational institutes (20 school colleges in each district) of Odisha, touching each and every individual, before reaching Ravenshaw University in Cuttack on 3rd December, 2011.
Bigyan Rath will also generate awareness on the Indian Science Congress and invite common masses in every district on behalf of Dr. A. Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS to join this mega scientific meet in KIIT. As a prelude to the 99th Indian Science Congress, KIIT is also organizing State and National level Essay and Quiz Competition. The winners of the State level essay & quiz competition will be awarded on 3rd December 2011.
Shri Bhartuhari Mahatab, MP, Cuttack, Dr. A. Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS, Dr. T. K. Chandrashekar, Director, NISER, Prof. A. S. Kolaskar, V.C. KIIT, Dr. R. N. Ray, Chairman, National Children’s Science Congress, Dr. A.K. Naik, Registrar, NISER & Local Secretary, 99th ISC and Shri Gobind Ch. Barik, Headmaster, Ramchandra High School also spoke on the occasion. |
Workshop on Plasma Processing for Thermonuclear Fusion and Industrial Applications at KIIT
School of Applied Sciences, KIIT University organized a National Workshop on “Plasma Processing for Thermonuclear Fusion and Industrial Applications” (PPTFIA-2011) on 10th -11th November, 2011 with association with PSSI, Gandhinagar. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. G. J. Samathanam, Advisor and Head (TDT), Department of Science & Technology and attended by many well-known scientists from all over India working in this field. The inaugural and closing ceremonies were attended by many professors, senior faculties, research scholars and students from different schools of KIIT and other institutes from all over India.
Research in the recent developments in Plasma Technology and their applications in various fields like waste management, textile technology, nanotechnology, biological science in industry, etc were deliberated at the workshop. Among the scientists who participated at the workshop were Dr. A. K. Das, Head Laser and Plasma Technology Division, BARC, Dr. S. Nanda, CIR, KIIT University, Dr. B. B. Patra, Dean, School of Applied Sciences, KIIT University, Dr. Rabindra Pal, Scientist, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, Dr. S. K. S. Parashar, CONVENOR, PPTFIA-2011, Dr. J. Govindarajan Co-Chirman (Board of Research Fusion Science & Technology) BRFST and Dr. P. K. Atrey, Secretary, BRFST.
Similarly, Dr. Subroto Mukherjee, Head, FCIPT Division, Dr. P. B. Jhala, Advisor, Plasma Textile Application, FCIPT, Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), Dr. Rajeev Sharma, DST, Mr. Paritosh Choudhury, Head, TBM, IPR, Dr. P. S. Mukherjee, Head, Materials Group, IMMT, Bhubaneswar, Dr. K. G. K. Warrier, Dy. Director, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST) Thiruvanthapuram, Kerala were prominent speakers.
Senior officials from DST, BRFST, BARC and IPR promised help for innovative project proposals in various fields of research. |
79th Birth Anniversary of Late Pradyumna Bal celebrated at KISS
The 79th Birth Anniversary of Late Pradyumna Bal, Noted Parliamentarian, Journalist and Founder President of KIIT & KISS was celebrated in KISS premises on 8th November 2011.
Smt. Saswati Bal, President, KIIT & KISS; Dr. A. Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS; Ms. Bratati Bal; Ms. Mamata Mohapatra; Mr. Pratyush Bal, Prof. Ashok S. Kolaskar, VC, KIIT University; Dr. P. K. Routaray, CEO, KISS; Mr. Motilal Das, Director (Academic), KISS; Prof. Arjuu Sahu, Principal, KISS, Mr. D. P. Majumdar, Director, Sports, KISS; and Mr. P. K. Das, Livelihood Director, KISS were present on the occasion.
Paying rich tribute to Late Pradyumna Bal, Dr. A. Samanta, said that contribution of Shri Bal in Odisha politics is unfathomable. His socialistic ideals, struggle and sacrifice for the people, especially for tribal, remain examples for other to emulate. The vision of Late Pradyumna Bal remains a guiding light for KIIT Group of Institutions and KISS, he said. Ms. Mamata Mohapatra, Dr. Ashok S. Kolaskar also spoke on the occasion. |
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