Bhubaneswar, Dec 1:
Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) in the State Capital has been included in the itinerary of winter study tour-cum-Bharat Darshan of Lal Bahadur Sashtri National Academy of Administration’s (LBSNAA) annual training programme for IAS probationers.
It is an important component of the Phase-1 training programme for IAS probationers.
During Bharat Darshan, small groups of IAS probationers, as a part of their training in LBSNAA, involve themselves in various organizations and establishments of central and state government as well as civil society organizations (NGO).
They also get a chance to visit rural areas to receive a systematic exposure to the work being done by the civil society organizations.
A group of IAS probationers will come on a three-day visit to KISS in the current year to learn how this largest free residential institution in the world for tribal functions in a systematic manner.
They will also get a chance to receive first-hand knowledge about KISS, which s taking care of more than 25000 tribal children in one campus. One nodal officer has been selected to coordinate this programme.
Notably, Founder KIIT & KISS Achyut Samant was invited by Lal Bahadur Sashtri National Academy of Administration to deliver lecture on poverty alleviation, rural development and UN’s Millennium Development Goals.
