Forty international sportspersons from the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) met Vice-President M Venkiah Naidu in New Delhi on Monday. The delegation included four girl students of KISS and KIIT Deemed Purnima Hembram, Jauna Murmu (from KISS), Dutee Chand and Rutuparna Panda (from KIIT), who have been selected to participate in the Asian Games, 2018. They sought blessings of the Vice-President, with whom they had a chance to take breakfast at his residence. Naidu congratulated the students on their selection and hoped they would be able to come out with flying colours in the Asian Games.
KIIT & KISS founder Dr Achyuta Samanta and senior KIIT and KISS officials were present on the occasion. Dr Samanta said the breakfast would be etched in memories of the KISS forever.
The students also visited the badminton court in the Vice-President’s residence. They also visited the Parliament and the museum in the Parliament complex and witnessed the proceedings of Parliament session from visitor’s gallery. They too visited the KISS-Delhi situated at Najafgarh and interacted with the students there.