Bhubaneswar, Feb 14: Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar has been adjudged as the best university for the promotion of sports at the 2025 Sportstar Aces Awards, held in Mumbai on Friday. The award was given to KIIT for the promotion of sports and outstanding contribution to the field of sports and games. Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Founder, KIIT & KISS received the award during the occasion.
Dr. Samanta expressed his gratitude to Sportstar for choosing KIIT DU for the 2nd time after 2022 for the prestigious award. Many sports personalities including Viswanathan Anand were present on the occasion.
KIIT and KISS have been working towards the comprehensive development of sports and nurturing sports-persons apart from promoting and encouraging athletes. The university has produced 23 Olympians, 3 Paralympians, 11 Arjuna Awardees & one Khel Ratna Awardee so far, which drew the attention of jury members of the Sportstar Aces Award.
As an organisation, KIIT-DU has won several sports accolades over the years. It got the “Best Sports Facility” award in the first CII Sports Business Awards 2023. It was also awarded with Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar 2022 by the Govt. of India; FICCI India Sports Award 2022; Sport Star Aces Award 2022 by the Hindu and Biju Patnaik Sports Award 2019 for ‘Best Contribution for promotion of sports and games’ by the Govt. of Odisha.
The world-class sporting infrastructure of KIIT & KISS, combined with the expertise of its international coaches, has nurtured over 200 athletes who have represented India at the Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, and other international events, winning medals for the country. So far, KIIT and KISS have nurtured more than 5000 athletes of regional, national and international repute by virtue of its advanced state-of-the-art sporting infrastructure.