Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) is a deemed to be university located at Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. KIIT is unique among its peer institutions in having twenty eight schools co-located on one contiguous campus offering more than 100 programs including UG/PG studies in the disciplines including engineering, management, medicine and law. KIIT has been awarded Tier-1 status by NBA (AICTE), accredited with Grade ‘A++’ by NAAC (UGC), ranked 20th among the Indian universities ranked by NIRF and has been accredited by ABET, USA & IET, U.K. We also take pride in being home to the largest and first tribal university of the world Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), a protégé of KIIT which is a noble initiative of our honourable founder (KIIT/KISS) Prof. Achyuta Samanta. Recently, KISS has been selected to host the 19th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (ICAES) in 2023. Detailed information about KIIT and KISS University can be obtained from: http://www.kiit.ac.in, http://www.kiss.ac.in.

KIIT is a premier university in the country and has set many benchmarks in the field of higher education in 25 years of its existence. The faculties of KIIT act as brand ambassadors during their visits to campuses in different states and abroad. They also join as experts in various seminars and symposiums. The uniqueness of the University illustrated below has been highlighted by the Founder time and again. These unique aspects can be shared and spoken about in these platforms. Emphasizing them will not enlighten the unversed about the true potential of KIIT, but will also add to the profile and reputation of the participating KIIT faculty.

The School of Mechanical Engineering (SME), KIIT possesses highly qualified and experienced faculty members from various IITs, NITs and other reputed institutions. The current consultancy and research & development areas of the school include jet and spray impingement heat transfer, droplet and spray combustion, computational fluid dynamics, mechanical systems design & optimization, biomass and biofuels (synthesis, analysis and optimization), vibration and machine condition monitoring, meta machining, metal matrix/polymer matrix composites (fabrication and characterization), metal forming. We have to our credit a good number of publications in reputed SCI/Scopus indexed journals, patents and projects funded by bodies like AICTE, DST, DRDO, Institution of Engineers (IE), Govt. of India.Detailed information about School of Mechanical Engineering can be obtained from https://mechanical.kiit.ac.in

• It is a community-based university, a university of compassion and humanity that is found in no other university in the country.
• It is the only university with unmatched infrastructure such as the upcoming 5500-capacity auditorium and convention centre, 400 staff quarters, and a 22 storied R&D building. The university already has 1 lakh sq. ft. R&D building on campus 3.
• The Central Library is yet another unique feature of the university with state-of-art infrastructure. It is the reference point for students of all departments and offers access to its rich repository 24×7. Besides, every school is equipped with huge libraries.
• The internationalization of higher education is one of the key parameters for ranking agencies. KIIT has done exceptionally well in various rankings. It is among the top 20 universities in the country and its law schools ranks among the top 10. The school of Biotechnology is the best in the country and KIIT-TBI is the super best in the country.
• The law school is the only one in the country among all government and private institutes that have a moot court and a huge library.
• This is the only university with the highest number of foreign students between 1400-1500 from 64 different countries. It will go up to 100 countries soon.
• The sprawling University campus is Wi-Fi enabled and is spread over 25 sq. km, a melting pot of nationalists, cultures and ethnicities. It is arguably one of the largest in India.
• Most of the engineering departments have adopted the novel concept of ‘tutor mentorship programme’, attaching 10-15 students with experienced faculty who help, guide and nurtures them through regular interactive sessions.
• Both the Central and the State Governments have forged alliances with KIIT for consultancy services. Experts from KIIT are not only providing periodic investigation to NHAI project sites but are also offering state urban sanitation strategies, and building and structural designs of heritage projects.
• KIIT has produced graduates who have excelled in UPSC and are occupying prominent positions in the Government. It has also produced talents who have gone on to become successful entrepreneurs and founders of well-known start-ups.
• The university also has a crèche centre and a public library.
• KIIT has a huge contribution to the field of art and literature and the field of sports. It has the best sporting infrastructure of international standards that cannot be matched by any university in the country.
• KIIT and KISS have produced Olympians as well. The University is proud of having seven students who are Olympians. In the ongoing Commonwealth Games, three students are from KIIT.
• The foremost uniqueness of the university lies in the fact that President Draupadi Murmu’s son is a product of KIIT. Her son-in-law was also a product of KISS and was a member of the Rugby team that won the junior Rugby World Cup in 2008 in England.
• So far 22 noble laureates have visited KIIT; some of whom have visited the campus 3 to 4 times.