KISS which has student strength of over 22500 is not only educating the young tribal children but also bringing about a change in the tribal mindset back in their native setting and they are increasingly able to identify them as at par with the mainstream population. Each student is a potential change agent for 22500 families and almost about the same number of tribal villages in 20 districts of the state.

The tribal people suffered from lack of modern skills for life and livelihood. KISS, in collaboration with UNFPA, has been training the tribal students with the much needed life skills training and has been developing their personalities. As a result of this the tribal children feel confident in living in peace and harmony with the mainstream population.

Getting the tribal children motivated to come to KISS has been an uphill task. However, Shri Achyuta Samanta’s charming stance, clarity of vision and leadership abilities could break the ice and more and more tribal parents are queuing up at KISS for getting their wards admitted. His slogan, NUAMANA, NUA SAPAN (New mindset, new dreams)” has caught the fancy of the tribal people and change is inevitable soon.

Shri Achyuta Samanta’s visionary mind has been able to convince the KIIT’s management to sustain and support KISS. KIIT has 5 per cent of its seats in all disciplines of higher education reserved for the tribal graduates of KISS who are provided free education in KIIT. All the employees contribute voluntarily 3 per cent of their salary to KISS. KISS also receives regular voluntary contributions from all vendors to KIIT and KISS. A large number of elite guardians of KIIT students also make voluntary contributions to KISS.

All these contributions come by because of simplicity, utmost honesty and sincerity of its founder Shri Achyuta Samanta. The reforms in tribal education and empowerment has been indeed legendary and epoch making in the history of tribal emancipation.