Achyuta Samanta


Achyuta Samanta is the founder of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology ; , which provides free accommodation, food, healthcare, and education from class 1 to post-graduation with vocational training; KIIT International School, an International Baccalaureate affiliated school, and Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, a medical college.
He is a promoter of culture and the arts through Kadambini Media Pvt Ltd, an organisation he founded. He has been the organiser of Nanhi Pari, a Little Miss India competition, since 2000. He has established 25 spiritual centres and shrines, and is in the process of setting up 'Gandhi Gram' in the memory of Mahatma Gandhi, a tribal museum to showcase tribal life, art and culture, and a centre for yoga and spiritualism. He got Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters from Daffodil International University.

Biography

Samanta was born to Shri Anadi Charan Samanta and Smt. Nilima Rani Samanta in the village of Kalarabanka in Cuttack District of Odisha in 1965. His father died when Samanta was four, and he grew up in abject poverty with his widowed mother and seven siblings.
Samanta received an M.Sc in Chemistry from Utkal University. He had a decade-long experience in teaching in colleges, mostly at Maharshi College under Utkal University, in Bhubaneswar as a chemistry lab assistant.

Educationist

Achyuta Samanta is the founder, ex chancellor, and secretary of KIIT University; and the founder of , KIIT International School, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, KIIT School of Management, KIIT School of Rural Management, KIIT School of Computer Application, KIIT School of Biotechnology, KIIT Law School, KIIT School of Languages, Kalinga Institute of Dental Sciences and .

Member of national and International bodies

He is a member of University Grants Commission, Executive Committee Member of All India Council for Technical Education, Academic Council Member of Central University of Orissa, Serving Member of National Council for Teacher Education, Coir Board of India, National Executive Council Member of Indian Society for Technical Education, and Executive Committee Member of Indian Science Congress Association
He was also a serving member of international bodies including the International Association of University Presidents, United States of America; Institute of International Education, New York City; Association of University of Asia Pacific ; University Mobility in Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand; Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health ; United Nations Academic Impact, and Asia Economic Forum, CIFEJ.

Honoris Causa awards

Samanta received a number of awards, and created new records in the field of social entrepreneurship. He was mentioned among the Top 15 Social Entrepreneurs of the World by the American Edge Foundation. Samanta appears in The Limca Book of Records as the youngest chancellor of any University in India.