KISS University to host World Congress of Anthropology 2023

Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) deemed to be University, which is regarded as the world's largest anthropological laboratory, has been awarded the privilege to host the 19th International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (ICAES) 2023. India, represented by KISS, won the bid against Croatia by a huge margin to host the next edition of this prestigious World Congress of Anthropology at KISS in 2023 in collaboration with Utkal University and Sambalpur University.

More than 10, 000 delegates from over 150 countries are expected to participate in the World Congress, which is held every five years in different parts of the world. ICAES is the largest gathering of academicians and researchers in the fields of Anthropology and Ethnology in the world.

KISS deemed to be University, the first-ever tribal university of the world, won the highly competitive bidding process after a lot of efforts, constant follow-up, communication, presentation, defending and going through a rigorous procedure of voting. KISS had applied earlier in 2014 but lost the bid to Brazil then. This time, during the congress held in Brazil from July 16 to 20, 2018, the final bidding was held between KISS and Croatia. KISS from India got 2,084 votes, while Croatia managed to get only 89 votes. Professor Soumendra Mohan Patnaik, VC, Utkal University, Professor Deepak Behera and KISS team presented before the General Assembly the plan to host this mega event.

Achyuta Samanta, Founder, KIIT and KISS has always tried to bring various prestigious mega events to Odisha through KIIT and KISS.