Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences
Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), informally KISS University, is a higher education institute deemed-to-be-university located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. It was established in 1993 as a residential tribal school and became a deemed-to-be-university in 2017. HistoryKISS was founded in 1993 by Achyuta Samanta as a residential tribal school.[1] In 2017 the institute was awarded the university status.[2] Satya S. Tripathi was appointed chancellor in 2021 and Sasmita Samanta is now appointed Vice Chancellor of the university.[3][4] In April 2023, speaking at a press conference at Kolkata, Achyuta Samanta said that, In the next three years, we are planning to expand. We will hold talks with the Bengal government soon and we hope that we will get land for setting up a campus here. We will start with school-level and gradually expand to Post-Graduation.[5] AcademicThe university offers bachelors, masters and doctorate degrees. Bachelor degreeAdmission into bachelor's degree are channelized into Arts, Science and Commerce streams (all Hons.) and all streams are focus on the tribal studies ( Culture, Philosophy, Heritage, Science & Technology, Linguistics & Literature, Resource Management, Legal Studies & Rights) aspects. Master degreeThere are 7 master's degree departments.[6]
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