KIIT University supports local schools and colleges by offering financial assistance, enhancing academic infrastructure, and improving facilities such as libraries, sanitation, and recreation areas for students. Faculty members contribute by training teachers in content delivery, public speaking,and  counselling students and parents to help reduce dropout rates. Additionally, faculty and senior students conduct voluntary teaching sessions with special learning activities at various schools once or twice a month.

The university organizes monthly awareness camps focusing on education, health, and hygiene in selected areas. It also runs special vocational and skill development programs for high school students from disadvantaged communities to help secure their future livelihoods. A community engagement cell manages these initiatives, which are implemented on both an ad-hoc and planned basis.

Moreover, KIIT has adopted several primary schools in rural regions, where university students offer intellectual support, and the university provides organizational, infrastructural, and financial assistance. These schools also gain access to the university & academic and sports facilities. The list of adopted schools is provided below:
      • Patia Primary School, at P.O- Patia, Bhubaneswar
      • Patia Girls High School, at P.O- Patia, Bhubaneswar
      • Pathani Samanta High School, at- Prasanti Vihar, P.O- KIIT, Bhubaneswar
      • Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandhir, at- Prasanti Vihar, P.O- KIIT, Bhubaneswar-24, Dist- Khurda.
      • Sivananda Centenary Boys High School, at Chidananda Vihar, Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar
      • National Federation of the Blind, Maruti Residency, at Plot No. 116, P.O Raghunathpur,
      • Via-Baranga, Bhubaneswar
      • Kishore Nagar College, Kishore Nagar, Dist.- Cuttack.
      • Kalarabank U.P School, at P.O- Kalarabank, Dist.- Cuttack.
      • Raghunathpur U.P School, at P.O. Raghunathpur, Dist.-Jagatsinghpur.
      • Purna Chandra Vidya Mandir, At/P.O. Raghunathpur, Dist.-Jagatsinghpur.
      • Tulsi Women’s College, at P.O- Kendrapara, Dist.- Kendrapara.
      • Hariswar Dev Vocational Science College, Panasapada, Dist.- Puri.
      • Panchashakha Private ITI, Shakhi Gopal, Dist.- Puri.
      • Kabi Prasanna Patsani High School, at Muninda, P.O.- Delanga, Dist.- Puri.
     • Dinakrushna College, at P.O- Dhansimulia, Jaleswar, Dist.- Balasore
     • Jaleswar Town High School, Nuabzar, at P.O.Jaleswar, Dist- Balasore.
     • Jaleswar Town Nodal High School, at P.O Jaleswar, Dist- Balasore.