Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology – which holds the crown of being one of the fastest growing educational institutions in the country - stands as a testimony to Orissa’s march in the field of education.
KIIT educational conglomerate is unique in offering a wide spectrum of academic programmes from Kindergarten to Postgraduate level, earning it a place in the Limca Book of Records. At present, more than 15,000 students study here full time and another 1,50,000 aspire to be part of it for a secure future.
KIIT was conferred the University status in 2004 by the Ministry of Human Resources Development, Government of India in recognition of its excellence. The distinction, which made it the youngest ever to achieve it, came only after six years of commencement of undergraduate programmes; thus earning it an entry into the Limca Book of Records on another count.
KIITUniversity has an incredible placement record from its inception. Almost all the students get placed even before they complete their course in this University. It is so because of its quality academics, industry exposure and rigorous placement training by the experts from various industries. The University has achieved excellent placement in all streams for its graduates passing out in 2010. This is a repeat of performance from last many years showing that KIIT students enjoy special preference of recruiters.
Nearly 1250 students will graduate from B. Tech., MCA, MBA, MBA in Rural Management and Biotechnology courses of KIITUniversity in 2010 May/June. It is incredible that KIIT is set to place almost all its graduates comfortably and gainfully through campus placement at a time when global recession has dampened the job prospect across most campuses in India and globe.
The technology streams have recorded 60% placement, with 253 students bagging offer letters from TCS alone. Technology streams traditionally enjoy the best placement among all streams of KIITUniversity. This time more than 20 companies, including TCS, Infosys, HCL Technologies, Vedanta, Grasim Cement, Adani Power, Tata Power, IOTL, Essar Group and ACC visited the campus. The highest pay of Rs. 6.5 lac p.a. was offered by Tata Steel, while the average salary was Rs. 4.2 lac p.a.
As many as 18 companies have so far visited the KIIT School of Management for placement. These include HDFC Bank, SBI Life, OCL, Airtel, Aegon Religare, Fenesta, Mother Dairy, Grasim Cement, Helix Technology, Mahindra Finance, Asian Paints, BP Ergo and SREI Finance.
School of Biotechnology and School of Rural Management, two new schools founded in 2007, surprised the academicians with the overwhelming response of companies for its 2nd Batch of students. Despite the fact that campus placement of Biotechnology graduates in the country does not take place in a big way, the School of Biotechnology of KIIT University attracted reputed names such as Excel Life Sciences, KPS Clinical Services, JN Mitra and APTI Craft, to name a few.
Similarly, companies visiting KIIT School of Rural Management include GCMM (Amul), International Rice Research Institute (Manila), Indian Oil Company (JV), Jaipur Rug Company, MIMI Finance and Spandana.
KIIT’s unique focus on overall development of its students and brand building helped its students to beat recession, said Dr. A. Samanta, Founder of KIIT Group of Institutions.
Even as the economy is emerging out of the recession, academicians have expressed hope that students of KIIT will not have problem in getting placed due to the excellent inputs and brand name of the institute. By end of March more than 40 companies have confirmed their visit to the University for placement. Rest of the students are expected to be placed within these two months.
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