Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences

KISS was founded in 1993 by Achyuta Samanta as a residential tribal school.

[3][4] In April 2023, speaking at a press conference at Kolkata, Achyuta Samanta said that, In the next three years, we are planning to expand.

We will hold talks with the Bengal government soon and we hope that we will get land for setting up a campus here.

Admission into bachelor's degree are channelized into Arts, Science and Commerce streams (all Hons.)

and all streams are focus on the tribal studies ( Culture, Philosophy, Heritage, Science & Technology, Linguistics & Literature, Resource Management, Legal Studies & Rights) aspects.