KISS University

A Day @ KISS

Starting from breakfast, lectures in the classes, lunch, workshops, lab sessions, sports, clubs, rehearsals, debates to hobbies is a day-to day experience in the life of a student at the University. It’s all about exploring new ideas, discovering new passions and having a great.

The day at KISS University aims to inspire, enlighten and entertain – all in a few hours.

Infrastructure in Brief

  • 34 acres of land area.
  • 2500 sq. mtrs library building
  • 12,000 capacity 3 Dining halls
  • 3 State of the art Mechanised Kitchen.
  • Wi-Fi enabled campus
  • Security system with Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras all around the campus
  • 4 State-of-the-art computer labs to accommodate 2000 students in each lab
  • 850 KW Solar power plant in 3 campuses
  • Solar Water Heating System for Mechanised Kitchen
  • Reverse Osmosis Drinking Water plant
  • 200 bedded in-house medical facility, duly supported by Kalinga Institute of Medical Science (KIMS).
  • Biogas Plant to process food waste into biogas for use in cooking purposes.
  • Science Park for children to understand various aspects of Physics and scientific learning.
  • Automatic Laundry machines for washing clothes

KISS 

The Campus is located on a 33.304 Acres (approximately) of land at Pathargadia Mouza, Patia, Bhubaneswar. The infrastructure at the campus consists of:

Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) is a premier educational institute in the country providing need based quality education to the tribal children and gives special emphasis on Girls Education and is well recognised across the Globe imparting education to more than 27,000 tribal children from different parts of the country are pursuing their education from Class-I to Ph. D and some are conducting research programmes. The students are provided with food, clothes, boarding facility, world class sports facilities, well built Computer Labs with Wi-Fi campus, Coaching, In-House Medical facilities etc. all free of cost. Besides that, students are provided with compulsory vocational training to become self-dependant and ensure their sustainable livelihood. Since last three years more than 50% Girl students have been pursuing their education in different streams and are benefited.

The entire campus of KISS is a learning area. Depending on the subjects learnt and the innovative method of teaching, the academic areas are contained within the class rooms, huge dining Hall and activity centre, library, laboratories, vocational training centre, Science Park, open air stadium etc. The main academic building consists of 37 numbers of lecture theatres having 128 seated facility, 16 number of lecture theatres having 32 seated facility, 04 numbers of conference halls (60 seated facility -02 nos, 30 seated facility -02 nos.).

The administrative block of KISS is situated in the Administrative Building of KISS where Office of the Vice Chancellor, Registrar, Pro-Vice Chanellor, Office of the Associate Deans, Controller of Examinations are located.

The library, including the research centre covers an area of 2500 sq. mtrs and is well provided with equipments for reprography, digitization, manuscripts preservation etc. It is well furnished and can seat the research scholars and students. It has more than 30,000 books, journals etc.

There are 37 numbers of lecture theatres having 128 seated facility, 16 number of lecture theatres having 32 seated facility, 04 numbers of conference halls (60 seated facility -02 nos, 30 seated facility -02 nos.), one open air theatre with Gallery for 25,000 students, one researcher’s (Ph.D scholars) hall.

In addition to the hostels meant for School and Higher Secondary students, there are two numbers of Boys hostels having 48 rooms in each hostel. Each hostel can accommodate one thousand students. There is one hostel (having 60 rooms) for girls which can accommodate three thousand girl students. The hostels are well furnished, with provision for safe drinking water, bath rooms, accommodation for hostel in-house staffs.

Along with three wholesome meals, the basic facilities like water purifiers, water coolers, reading/study rooms, library and recreational rooms have been provided to the students in both boys’ and girls’ hostel. The students discipline is monitored by in-house staff members.

Inside KISS main campus, there are provisions for teachers residence (64 nos. quarters, 2 BHK), provisions for non-teaching staff quarters (31 quarters, 1 BHK), one dormitory for emergency staying of day scholars teachers (20 bedded Hall) and provisions for guest faculties (faculty guest house 2 nos.)

The dining hall area can accommodate 10000 students at a time

Nearly 40% of the total area of land of the institution is available for future expansion.

The University accommodates 4 play-grounds having multi-sports facilities of 25,000 sq. mtrs of area is available. The grounds are regularly curated and delicately taken care of.  Regular practice sessions are conducted twice a day under the super vision of coaches for different sports.

The institution has got adequate health care facility within the campus for students, faculties, staff and others.

      The Dispensary

  • Year of establishment: 25.11.2005
  • Number of beds available: 100
  • Number of Doctors available: 10
  • Nature of services provided in Dispensary: Indoor, OPD and 24 hours Emergency services

 

Other healthcare services offered:

  • Facility for immunisation against common communicable diseases like hepatitis-B, MMR, Typhoid, MR, etc.
  • Iron tablets for potentially anaemic wards in various age groups
  • Regular deworming of resident students
  • Scheduled visits to all hostels to monitor general health and hygiene
  • Medical examination of all students including new entrants as well as of those who rejoin hostel after a vacation break
  • Emergency cases, which can be treated at the dispensary, are referred immediately to KIIMS for specialised treatment
  • Extending helping hand to the government in its various health programs

Water purifiers of 200 L capacity each have been installed in every floor of the building to provide an unrestricted supply of refrigerated, Aquaguard-clean water to the students 24×7.

It has got barrier free approach and appropriate safety measures i.e. fire-fighting etc.