KIIT Celebrates 16th Foundation Day

Bhubaneswar: The city-based Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed to be University celebrated its 16th Foundation Day on Saturday.

Amitabh Ray, Managing Director, Ericsson Global Services, India delivered the Foundation Day Lecture in the presence of a host of dignitaries.

Addressing the gathering, Ray said that he started his career as Developer 30 years back and rapidly, climbed the corporate ladder to become MD of Ericsson Global Services, India credited “art of staying relevant and putting context to things” as simple secrets of his success.

“Speed of change the human race is going through today is increasing exponentially. In the next 20 years, the world will change as much as it had changed in the last 1000 years. This change will primarily be driven by technological changes. The world we are living in is witnessing an increasing velocity of technological changes. In this milieu, the art of staying relevant has become the most important”, he elaborated.

“Velocity of transformation has made unpredictability a new normal. In the present time corporate decision making also involves dealing with paradoxes – paradoxes between short-term profits and long term goals, between growth and environment and so on. Students should be prepared to go through the cycles of learning, unlearning and re-learning”, he told a packed auditorium. He advised students to be a good ambassador of this great institution.

“The two institutions Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) & Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) are playing an important role in the fields of education and bringing about social transformation in the country”, stated Ray.

Ray also congratulated Dr. Achyuta Samanta, founder of KIIT & KISS for lifting thousands of underprivileged children out of poverty through holistic education in KISS.

Among others Dr. Samanta, Prof. Ved Prakash, Chancellor, KIIT Deemed to be University, Prof. Hrushikesha Mohanty Vice Chancellor and Prof. Sasmita Samanta, Registrar also spoke on the occasion.

Dr. Samanta also took to his twitter handle to congratulate the staff and students of the reputed institution,

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