The Union Ministry of Human Resource Development has granted ‘Institute of Eminence’ (IoE) tag to the KIIT University.
Five top public universities including Delhi University, IIT Madras, IIT Kharagpur, University of Hyderabad and the Benaras Hindu University have got this status while the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University) is among seven prominent private universities to get the distinction.
The KIIT University is the only institute in Odisha to get such a prestigious tag. For this, KIIT founder Dr Achyuta Samanta has given the credit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union HRD Minister Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
It is a matter of pride for Odisha that the KIIT is accorded such a prestigious tag as the only institute of the State, he said.