The National Odisha Education Summit and award giving ceremony 2014 was organised at the KIIT University in the presence of Higher Education Minister Pradeep Kumar Panigrahi.
Panigrahi said Odisha would be the educational hub of the country by 2020. The Minister awarded the KIIT with the best Technical Education Institute, best Innovative University and Best Director Award. KIIT Registrar Sasmita Samanta received the award on behalf of the university.
The IIT, Bhubaneswar got the Best Engineering Institute Award while the Biju Patnaik Institute of Information Technology (BIITM) got the Excellent in Training and Placement Institute Award.
The Gandhi Institute of Education and Technology (GIET) got the Best Emerging Engineering College Award while the Upcoming Technical Education Institute Award went to the Nalanda Institute of Technology, the Best Government Engineering Institute Rural Area Award to Government College of Engineering, Kalahandi, Bhawanipatna, the Oldest Private Engineering Institute Award to the Odisha Engineering College, the Excellent Business School Award to the Srusti Academy of Management and the Excellency Paramedical Award to the Manjaridevi College and School of Nursing.
Awards were given to the students in debate on the topic “Is electronic system and design manufacturing important for Indian EconomyIJ” The winner was Dipanita Goshal of the Silicon Engineering College while Shreya Mishra of GIET got the second prize.
In another debate “Is alternative energy important for education and industryIJ” Asambhab Subha and Sipun Mishra of the KIIT got the first and second prize, respectively. Sabhya Soni of the Silicon got the stylish speaker prize.