KIIT Deemed to be University as a body takes planned action to recruit students/ staff/ faculty from under-represented groups. KIIT follows an admissions policy which is non-discriminatory and is publicly posted. The policies have been posted at https://kiit.ac.in/policies/
Admission Policy
As per Clause 13.1 of Memorandum of Association of the University, ‘Admission and employment in the Deemed to be University shall be open to all citizens of India regardless of race, religion, caste or creed and the area/ place of residence in India’. Also, clause 13.2 of MoA of the University also states that ‘All policies and procedures, in this regard as applicable to KIIT’.
The University stringently follows the reservation policy as formulated by Government of India. The KIITEE Quota Seats are distributed among different categories of candidates as follows. Separate Merit list are prepared for each Category:
KIITEE Quota Seats distributed among different categories
Reservation Category | % of Seats |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 15% |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 7.5% |
Physically Challenged (PC) | 3% |
To reduce inequalities and provide quality education for poor and needy meritorious students, the University has increased the quota of KIITEE Merit scholarships from 100 to 1000 in 2019.
For More Details
https://kiitee.kiit.ac.in/reservation-of-seats/
Staff and Faculty Recruitment Policy for underrepresented group
KIIT is committed to promoting equal employment opportunities and a workplace that is free of all forms of discrimination. Equal opportunity means that all staff experience fairness, impartiality and equal access to all career initiatives in KIIT. KIIT’s Commitment to equal opportunity promotes an inclusive work environment that values and accepts the diverse cultural and social backgrounds of its staff. The Anti-Discrimination and Equal Opportunities Policy is consistent with the KIIT ‘s pursuit of excellence. This policy is underpinned by a set of values and key guiding principles in the building of a community of all employees. A fair amount of staff and faculty members are from underrepresented group. More details can be found in below link:
Persons with disabilities face discrimination and several challenges to get employment opportunity even they have the required capability and are eligible for the position. It is not only because of the physical barriers but also the attitudinal barriers associated with them. As per the RPWD Act, 2016, there is a 4% reservation for persons with disabilities in government jobs, but the same is not applicable in the private sector. KIIT has taken a pioneering step to include persons with disabilities as equal stakeholders in the ecosystem of the institute. The KIIT group of institutions promotes an inclusive and diverse workforce of capacitated persons with disabilities, who play a pivotal role in day-to-day operations of the institution. Some of them have been provided with additional training for enhancing their existing skills and contribute in various capacities. KIIT and KISS have employed more than 400 persons with disability having different types of disabilities, posted in different managerial, academic, operations and administrative positions.
This initiative not only leads to economic empowerment amongst persons with disabilities but also plays an important role in breaking attitudinal barriers in the community.
Various Planned Actions for Under-represented Groups are summarizes as follows-
List of Scholarships is available in below link:
https://www.kiit.ac.in/academics/scholarships-fellowships/
- Pradyumna Bal Memorial Scholarships: The scholarship is instituted in the memory of Late Pradyumna Kishore Bal, Founder President of the University. Every year two poor and meritorious students are provided completely free education under this scholarship scheme. The scholarship covers college fees, hostel fees including mess, books and any other ancillary expenses.
- KIIT Poverty-Cum-Merit Scholarships: The University has instituted Poverty-cum-Merit scholarship for the poor and needy students. The amount and period of scholarship is decided based on the need of the selected candidates. The decision of the selection committee for selection of such candidates is final.
- KIIT-Merit Scholarships: Merit Scholarship is provided to the University-Toppers of each semester of six months. The University provides free education to the topper of KIITEE (Only for B.Tech. (4 years) if admitted at KIIT. In addition to this, the University provides scholarship to top 1000 rank holders of KIITEE (B.Tech. – 4 years) during his/her study period at KIIT subject to fulfilment of criteria.
- Special scholarship has been established for the children of COVID deceased for pursuing technical and profession education at KIIT. 74 Students have been given full fee waiver under this scheme.
https://form.kiit.ac.in/special-covid-scholarship/
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-kiit-university-to-teach-for-free-children-of-covid-19-casualties-2269159
- Special toilets for physically disabled have been built.
- Ramp Facility for Physically Challenged
- Wheelchair facility is also available.
- Assistive technology like software, computer mouse alternative, voice recognization software and disability switches are available.
- Braille Translator Software is also available.
- Special wheelchairs designed by Mechanical and Automobile Engineering students are distributed free of cost.
- Personal assistants, interpreters are provided to the people with disabilities if required.
- 3D printed computer keys and Odiya language letter scripts for Blind persons.
- Rooms with special facilities for differently abled are made available for differently abled students at Kings Palace -10.
- School of Medical Sciences has Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Government of Odisha, to work for the development and welfare of the Divyangs (Persons with Disabilities) across the state. 500+ differently abled people have benefitted through these initiatives.
More details are provided in the below link:
https://kiit.ac.in/facilities-for-differently-abled/
Similar to above, more details on various activities of community engagement for underrepresented group can be found in below link:
https://kiit.ac.in/community-engagement/
The University annually organizes the Education Summit on the theme “Education for All” in all districts of Odisha and 30 major cities and state capitals of the country to motivate the youth and build up their confidence for joining higher education. More than 1.5 million participants have attended these programmes till date.
Empowering the Tribal children/student
5% seats are reserved for tribal students only under tuition fee waiver. Tribal students are provided free education in undergraduate and post graduation courses in Science, Arts and Commerce. Ph.D programmes are also provided in these domains free of cost. More than 7500 tribal students pursued their higher education in KIIT in 2022. Full fee waiver for students whose annual family income is Below Poverty Line. Meritorious low income students may opt for ‘earn while you learn scheme’.
The University’s School of Advanced Skills administers the skill-based training programmes. It offers training via the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) scheme (under the Ministry of Rural Development) and Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) in order to support the skill development push (under Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship).
List of programmes floated are available in the following link http://skill.kiit.ac.in/programmes.html
http://skill.kiit.ac.in/courses.html
List of the Skill Development Programme
Name of the Training Programme | Name of the Client/ Sponsoring Agency | Trainees |
Suryamitra Skill Development Programme | National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Ministry of New & Renewable Energy, Govt. of India | 240 |
Bare Foot Training | State Institute of Rural Development(SIRD), Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department, Govt. of Odisha | 110 |
DDU-GKY Training Programme | ORMAS & MoRD, GOI. | 5430 |
CRR Training Programme | DPE, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises, Govt. of India | 465 |
Industrial training (ITI) | Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), Rourkela | 59 |
Industrial training (ITI) | NALCO, Bhubaneswar | 42 |
Skill Development Training Programme | OSFDC Ltd., SC & ST Dept., Government of Odisha | 614 |
PMKVY | National Skill Development Corporation and OSDA | 817 |
Schooling & Skilling Of MCL | Schooling & Skilling Of MCL | 450 |
Misscellenous Trainings | University/ other Industries | 6773 |
Placement opportunity for tribal students:
6500+ alumni of KISS are already placed in different government, non government, banking as well as corporate sectors with an average salary package of 4.00 lakhs. KIIT has helped more than 6000 first generation learners to come out from their unrecognized lives inside the jungle to social mainstream and helped them to lead a decent life.
Kanya Kiran’ program had been launched in association with United Nations Women and Kalinga Fellowship. In a mobilization of scale and spread unheard of before, the program covered all the Panchayats of the State of Odisha in India, spreading awareness on social evils of violence against women and girl child among millions of households. Over 3000+ staff of the University, particularly women staff were actively involved as coordinators and volunteers. They disseminated the message at household level in villages amid overwhelming response. The Women folk also were made aware of hygiene and environmental issues. In the year of 2021, National Girl Child Day and the International Day of Education were celebrated by ‘Kanya Kiran’ across 34 places including 30 district headquarters of Odisha on 24th January 2021.
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