World Food Programme Executive Director Ertharin Cousin visited the Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) and the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) here on Wednesday.
KIIT and KISS founder Dr Achyuta Samanta had requested her to visit the institution six months back. Her visit was in response to the invitation.
She went around various departments and units of KISS and interacted with 25,000 tribal students.
Among others, important dignitaries, including Manoj Juneja, Assistant Executive Director, WFP, David Kaatrud, Regional Director for Asia, Dr
Hameed Nuru, Representative and Country Director, WFP India and Jan Delbaere, Deputy Country Director accompanied Cousin. Renowned social worker Padmashree Jokin Arputham, Dr David Satterthwaite, Nobel Peace Prize, 2007, IPCC Team, Senior Fellow, International Institute for Environment and Development; and
Prof Dave Harris, Dean, Herberger Business School, St Cloud State University, USA also visited KISS.