The Parliamentary Standing Committee on IT under the chairmanship of Anurag Singh Thakur visited the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) here on Wednesday.
The committee members visited various departments of the KISS and interacted with its 25,000 tribal students.
Addressing the students, Thakur said the KISS is a wonder of the country. Everybody dreams, but a few of them make it reality. “KISS founder Dr Achyuta Samanta is one among a few successful persons who make their dreams into reality. We all should learn from him.”
“We the parliamentarian talk in House about development and upliftment of the downtrodden, especially Schedule Tribes. Many schemes and policies are implemented for development of tribals, but till today most of the tribal people are languishing in poverty, lack of education and healthcare facility,” Thakur said.
He said education is the key to your self-development as well as development of society, State and nation. “I hope hundreds of Achyuta Samantas will be groomed among you so that our country will develop much more,” he told the students.