KIIT University KIIT University, formerly Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (Odia: କିଟ୍ ବିଶ୍ଵବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ) , is a co-educational, autonomous university located at Patia, Bhubaneswar in the Indian state of Odisha. The University offers under-graduate and post-graduate courses in Engineering, Bio-technology, Medicine, Management, Law, Computer application, Rural management, Fashion, Film Studies, Journalism and Sculpturing. It was one of the youngest institutions to be awarded the deemed university status (under the section 3 of UGC act 1956 in India and then the university status in History KIIT was established in 1992 as an with only 12 students and 2 faculties. This institution was the brainchild of , who had envisioned a profound center of learning in India and so pursued to lay the foundation of KIIT. In 1997, the and the was established. In 2004 it was conferred the status of university, becoming the youngest institute