After a long time, got an opportunity to interact with final year students of KIIT for 8 days. The campus connect program thru Corporate Gurukul - http://www.corporategurukul.com/. Rajesh Panda, founder of Corporate Gurukul is a close friend and a passionate professional, who wants to bring positive change in Orissa and in India thru employability programs.
Enjoyed every bit of the program and specially the last day of the program which brought great learning for all of us, the facilitators of the program.
And the best part of this visit was our short visit to KISS (Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences)- www.kissorissa.org . A residential institute for tribals of Orissa, where education from KG to PG is free (yes totally free). Its present strength is 12000 students. It covers 62 tribal groups from the 30 districts of Orissa which includes 13 primitive tribal groups. The school provides free and good quality education and accommodation to tribal children of Orissa. It was an eye opener for all of us as we witnessed great art, coordination, team work and number of achievements of these tribal students. Their team is world rugby champion for last 2 years in Under 14 and Under 16 and their class 10th result is 100%. It has received number of visitors from USA and UK, who are amazed by the objectives & achievements of this school. Kids here not only focus on studies, but on life skills, vocational skills, sports and many other activities which will help these tribal kids to build a better society.
The initiative is a dream of 1 man, Mr. Samanta, who setup KIIT university in Bhubaneswar.
KISS is a must visit for anyone who believes in education and wants to learn, appreciate and apply the learning in small or big way for others.
Thank you Rajesh for making this visit possible…
