Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (Dental)

**Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT)** is a premier deemed university located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India². It was established in 1992 as an Industrial Training Institute with only twelve students and two faculty². The university primarily emphasizes higher education and research in engineering and science².

Here is a more detailed description:

- **Academic Excellence**: KIIT 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 sports². The admissions for all the programmes except for MBBS and BDS are conducted through KIITEE exam which is held annually in multiple phases².

- **Campus and Facilities**: KIIT is spread over a vast 36-square-kilometre academic township¹. Its 25 lush green campuses employ over 3000 eminent faculty and researchers and 15000 staff¹. The campus houses a 2600-bedded super speciality hospital, KIMS, a multi-storey central library, a central research facility, a 22-storey research and innovation wing, auditoriums – the largest one with 5000 seating capacity, 18 sports complexes, many international standard stadiums covering all sports, 30 food courts, and a rose garden¹.

- **Recognition and Rankings**: KIIT has been granted Tier-1 accreditation by the National Board of Accreditation². In 2019, KIIT was recognized as an Institute of Eminence by the Ministry of HRD, Government of India². ARIIA 2021 ranked KIIT as India's best private university in innovation and self-financing².

Community Outreach and Humanitarianism:   KIIT is admired all over for the quality of its academic courses, its community outreach work, and as a university of compassion and humanitarianism¹.

Founder's Vision  : KIIT was established by Dr. Achyuta Samanta, who started the institute with all of Rs 5000 as the initial investment¹. He had big dreams and a passion to make a difference¹.