Where Indigenous dreams are Bestowed Wings to Fly
As human beings, we all have dreams – some passionately pursued; some nipped in the bud; but mostly marginalized, due to lack of support and guidance. This led to a dream-project named KISS, a grooming ground that gifted capes and wings to the dreams of thousands of indigenous children, coming from tribal hinterland. At KISS Deemed to be University, all such dreams - like small rivulets, merge into one huge river - surge towards a sea of social realization and actualization. It is an institute, where multi-hued dreams meet and mingle, creating a colossal canvas to marvel at. KISS had a humble beginning in the year 1992-93, and went on to receive the University status in the year 2017. The Higher Education Wing of KISS has six innovative Schools with careful assortment of subjects focussing on tribal languages, natural sciences and tribal technology, social sciences, social sciences and administration and tribal resource management.KISS has been relentlessly working on Sustainable Development Goals since its inception and with prime focus on Goal 4 and Goal 5 - Quality Education and Gender Equality. Clubbing these goals generates a platform for empowerment of women. KISS has proved to be an epitome of women empowerment through research and follows the motto of“Education for All” in form and substance.
Language, culture, heritage, traditions, art, crafts, music, dance and vocational training are some of the facets of KISS. However, research and development, innovations are vital to the Higher Education Wing. Be it a project based on research, or existing students pursuing M.Phil and Ph.D, KISS has always been a torchbearer. Girls coming from tribal communities have broken the glass ceiling and have proved their mettle. They have created a niche for themselves by working on research topics connected to their tribes, culture, community, language, medicines, food, natural sciences, resources so on and so forth. Their topics are handpicked, keeping all the above factors in mind. KISS started enrolling scholars from the academic year 2013-14 till date KIIT and KISS has touched the lives of 112 girls by embracing them in M.Phil and Ph.D. programme. Keep aside the social concepts of getting girls married early, or utilizing them in household chores, or many more such in the list, KISS has succeeded in producing change agents in their communities. These girls have imbibed the ideology of Dr.AchyutaSamanta that 'Education is the third eye of a child,' both in letter and spirit. We hope for a better Sun in the coming academic session and look forward to welcome more girls for research into our fold and break the gender stigma. Presently, KISS is running an international project on inclusive education. The topic itself speaks volumes about the attention given to higher education and how girls are being empowered through research. As a part of their research journey, they have to publish research articles, and these girls choose to work on their tribes or districts, even for publishing articles in SCOPUS indexed journals, UGC Care journals. The University brings out a Journal of its own with ISSN number to conceive research culture and environment on campus. Waves of change and ripples are clearly visible and KISS expect to welcome more girls for research programmes in 2020-21 academic year and give them a platform to become change agents in their community and set more examples in the years to come. To read more visit here: https://kiit.ac.in/