Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS met with
United Nations (UN) Officials in New York during his recent visit to US. It is
his first meeting with UN official after KISS getting special Status by
UN. During this meeting Dr. Samanta
discusses various issues including eradication of poverty through quality
education with UN Officials. On the side line of this meeting five permanent
passes were issued by UN to representatives of KISS to attend various UN Programmers.
He also discussed
with Head, UN Indigenous and Head, UNFPA on the above issue. Besides this Dr.
Samanta also joined a dinner hosted by Indian consulate at New York. It was
attended by internationally repute Odia designer Bibhu Mohapatra, senior
diplomats, representatives from Indian permanent mission to United Nations,
artists and Senior UN officials. On this occasion many prominent NRI Odias
including Bibhu Mohapatra were happy to get Dr. Samanta.
Expressing their
happiness over the UN Special Status to KISS, they feel proud as Odia people,
they said. Dr. Achyuta Samanta also discussed about KISS model with Senator Timothy J.
Roemer and also discussed about hunger issues with CEO of feeding America in
Washington.
Dr. Achyuta Samanta delivered a talk at the St. Cloud University
which is 150 years old and felicitated by the public of Minneapolis which was
attended by more than 200 elite groups including the Mayor of St. Cloud. He had
discussion with different indigenous issues with the heads of American Indians.
During his visit KIIT inked MoUs with three American Universities.
