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BIMONTHLY JOURNAL VOLUME - 17 ISSUE -IV JULY - 2017 Face to Face with IAS KIIT & KISS Founder NITI Aayog CEO Lauds KISS 06 Topper: KIIT Alumnus, 15 17 Delivers Keynote Address Suman Saurav Mohanty and its Founder at 'Aurora Dialogues’ Unique focus brings Three KIIT Alumni Crack UPSC Civil out the best in Services Exam 2016 KIIT Students Exclusive: FACE TO FACE IAS with Topper KIIT Girl Wins Double Bronze for India nd Y 22 Asian Athletics 4th Anniversary of Championships 2017 ART OF GIVING DA 'Gaon ku Chala' Cyclothon PHILOSOPHY OF Campaign of LIFE KISS Bahini May to June 2017 MILESTONES KIIT Girl Dutee Chand wins two Bronze Medals for Engineering 2008 batch, secured 9th rank, while India in the 22nd Asian Athletics Championships, 2017. Avishyant and Haris were placed in 91st and 646th rank respectively. Shri Amitabh Kant, IAS, CEO, NITI Aayog visits KIIT and KISS on July 1, 2017. The KISS-Bhartia Residential School will be opened at Puri with full support of Bharatia Charitable Trust. The The Royal Society of Chemistry India and Salters School will be based on the model of Kalinga Institute of Institute, UK conducted a three-day residential Social Sciences (KISS), Bhubaneswar. Chemistry Camp for Class IX students at KIIT University, Bhubaneswar from June 20 – 22, 2017. Prof. Achyuta Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS delivered a special talk on “Promotion of The world famous auspicious occasion of Rath Yatra was humanitarianism and peace by arresting violence” on celebrated at Shrivani Khetra of Kalinga Institute of May 29, 2017 at the American University of Armenia in Social Sciences (KISS) on June 25, 2017 amid religious Yerevan, the capital city of Armenia. fervor and gaiety. Prof. Achyuta Samanta delivered the 7th Foundation Day International Day of Yoga was celebrated with Address at Centre for Innovations in Public Systems enthusiasm in KIIT and Kalinga Institute of Social (CIPS) of Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Sciences (KISS) at KIIT Cricket Stadium on June 21, Hyderabad on May 22, 2017. 2017. Acts of giving, cyclothons and meetings marked the 4th KISS Bahini and KISS Seva Bahini conducted a week- anniversary celebrations of International 'Art of Giving' long rural reconstruction campaign, called 'Gaon ku Day on May 17, 2017. Chala Abhiyan' in all districts of Odisha from May 31 – June 6, 2017. A National Workshop on “Nuclear Sciences and Applications of Radioisotopes” was inaugurated in KIIT Vietnam's Grand Master (GM) Nguyen Duc Hoa won University on May 15, 2017. the tile in Category-A of the 10th KIIT International Chess Festival, which concluded at KIIT Campus on Five girl students of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences June 2, 2017. (KISS) were selected by Tata Steel for 'All India Tribal Youth Leadership Programme' held at Asia Plateau, Three KIIT Alumni Suman Saurav Mohanty and Panchgani, Maharashtra from May 5 – 11, 2017. Avishyant Panda from Odisha and Haris Bin Zaman from Bihar cracked the prestigious Civil Services KIIT School of Fashion Technology organized its Examination 2016, result of which was declared by the Graduate Fashion Show on April 22, 2017 to showcase Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) on May 31, dress designed by its students. Intelligent 2017. Suman, a student of B.Tech. Mechanical BIMONTHLY JOURNAL VOLUME 17 ISSUE - IV JULY - 2017 contents Unique focus brings out the best in 01 KIIT Students Face to Face with IAS Topper, 06 KIIT Alumnus, Suman Saurav Mohanty 11 22nd Asian Athletics Championships KIIT & KISS Founder Delivers Keynote Address at 17 'Aurora Dialogues' 20 Hon'ble Union Minister Praises KISS and Prof. Samanta 21 International Art of Giving Day Celebrated Workshop on Nuclear Sciences & 29 Applications of Radioisotopes at KIIT 32 Five KISS Students Selected for All India Tribal Youth Leadership Programme 33 KIIT Observes International Day of Yoga 35 ‘Gaon ku Chala’ Campaign of KISS Bahini Vietnam's Nguyen Wins 37 10th KIIT International Chess Title 41 Health News [email protected] Intelligent Please send your letter to The Editor, KIIT Review, KIIT University, At/PO – KIIT, Bhubaneswar – 751024, Odisha, INDIA [email protected] Appreciation by legendary singer and Bharat Ratna Awardee, Lata Mangeshkar. Respected Prof. Achyuta Samanta, Greetings from Sanskriti University !!! It was great pleasure in going through the above bimonthly Journal speaking volumes of the commendable socio- transformational endeavors so earnestly made by your esteemed Institution. Feeding and educating life skills to 25 K tribal your footsteps. With best regards, Prof. (Dr.) Devendra Pathak Vice Chancellor Sanskriti University, Mathura (UP) Achievements of students and alumni of an institution are the best reflection of its character. All-round development of its students has been a distinctive focus of KIIT University since its inception. Despite having 27,000 students, who are enrolled in a wide range of academic programmes, KIIT helps each and every student to identify his or her strengths and encourage them to pursue their interests persistently. KIIT provides best of exposure and opportunities to help them excel in their chosen area of interest. Student support facilities and processes here have been thoughtfully and painstakingly created to achieve the Founder Prof. Achyuta Samanta's vision to make KIIT the most student-focused campus in the country. It is no wonder, therefore, that KIIT has been able to produce IAS toppers, successful entrepreneurs, Olympians, Chess Grandmasters, actors and even beauty queens, besides successive batches who have excelled in academics and campus placement. Recently, three alumni of KIIT University created waves when they cracked the prestigious Civil Services examination of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). One among them, Suman Saurav Mohanty, secured 9th rank in this highly competitive examination. In his words: "My inspiration has come from Achyuta Samanta Sir - his humility, tireless devotion and hard work. In KIIT, success is not a goal for us. It is just a journey. KIIT has always chased excellence, so success comes to us naturally". Adding to the success story, two KIIT students, Editor Dutee Chand and Amiya Kumar Mallick, were proud members of the Indian contingent that took part in the 22nd Asian Rajesh Verma Athletics Championships, Bhubaneswar. Dutee Chand, who has also represented India in Olympic Games 2016, won two Editorial Board Bronze Medals for the country. Sradhanjali Nayak In a remarkable show of appreciation for Prof. Achyuta Samanta for his relentless work towards achieving zero Concept & Design poverty, zero hunger and zero illiteracy, thousands of people Smruti Ranjan Nayak celebrated International Art of Giving Day on May 17 in 100 cities of India and 100 cities abroad. 'Art of Giving', his Manager, Circulation philosophy of life, has the power to transform poverty and Satyabrata Das make the world a better place to live. Selfless acts of giving, cyclothon, cleanliness drive and meeting marked the occasion. In recognition to his contributions to the society, he Publisher & Printer was invited to be the keynote speaker at 'Aurora Dialogues', a Ratnakar Pati series of discussions on the most pressing global humanitarian issues, in Armenia. Prof. Samanta also delivered the 7th Foundation Day address at Centre for Innovations in Public Systems of Administrative Staff College of India, Hyderabad. Unique focus brings out the best in KIIT Students With opportunities that cover skill development, top quality in cuisines from different parts of the world. KIIT's cosmopolitan placement, study abroad, interaction with world's leading campus is packed with excellent facilities to support individual academicians and researchers, including Nobel Laureates, student's interest and aptitude. Students of KIIT get full sports and extra-curricular activities, KIIT offers much more than freedom to express their creativity, skill and interest through merely academic qualification. The institution is proud of its more than 25 well-organised students' societies, specializing in diverse human resources represented by over 27,000 students fields like automobile, aeronautics, robotics, marketing, enrolled in 100 plus academic programmes. They come from all finance, fashion, quizzing, music & dance, photography & corners of India and over 45 countries because of high brand painting, etc. Faculty and staff proactively encourage them to value of KIIT. pursue their interest and excel. Skills, aptitude and interests of the student community is equally Student community here is highly disciplined due to student diverse and KIIT, with its focus on all round development, is friendly governance system and best practices followed by KIIT committed to bring out the best in each and every one of them since its inception. Best practices like choice based credit by providing them the best possible exposure in their chosen system, effective tutor-mentor programme, close interaction field. Such unique focus has made its students high achievers. Established in 1992 and opened five years later as a Student Entrepreneurs multi-disciplinary institute, KIIT University is today one of the most prestigious universities of India. Its Besides providing quality campus commitment to teaching excellence led to the grant placement, KIIT University is imparting skills of university status under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956 and necessary support to groom entrepreneurs in 2004 and 'A' category university status in 2015 by among its students since its inception.