80,000 Students Directly Impacted
World’s largest Educational Institution for Indigenous Children and Youth
KISS
KISS is a fully free residential home for 80,000 students in Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) since the year 2015. It is registered under Societies Act XXI of 1860. Its higher education unit, KISS Deemed to be University has been declared Deemed to be University under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956 by the Ministry of Human resource development, Government of India, New Delhi since 2017. KISS has been conferred UNESCO King Sejong Literacy Prize 2022 for its contribution to preservation of indigenous languages.
What’s Happening
Focus Areas
The KISS Model
World’s first tribal university
KISS Deemed to be University
KISS Deemed to be University is the higher education wing of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences and the only university in the world exclusively for indigenous scholars. The students pursue their research in the world class residential campus with all facilities provided to them, absolutely free of cost.
It was granted deemed to be university status in 2017 by the erstwhile Ministry of Human Resources Development under De Novo category. The one of its kind University focuses on teaching and research in unique and emerging areas of knowledge related to Tribal Culture, Philosophy, Heritage, Linguistics and Literature, Science and Technology, Tribal Resource Management, Tribal Legal Studies and Tribal Rights.
Children are fighting for their right to learn
and they need your help.
Children in India continue to suffer due to issues such as lack of healthcare, malnutrition, poor hygiene, illiteracy and exploitation. KISS is dedicated to reducing the number of people living in hunger, poverty, illiteracy and unemployment. We provide free accommodation and education along with vocational training free of cost in a wide range of disciplines to ensure resources needed to live a long and fulfilling life. Support us in providing home to the homeless, education to the uneducated and employment to the unemployed. Your small contribution will go a long way in changing the children’s lives. It can do wonders and give them a new start in life.
