KISS & KIIT University: Centre of Learning or Campus of Death?

Controversy seems to be chasing Dr Achyuta Samanta founder of Odisha’s KIIT/KISS University. For the third time this year he is now being questioned about the death of a KISS student. It began with the suicide of Nepalese KIIT student Prakriti Lamsal allegedly over sexual harassment in February 2025. Close on the heels another girl student Prisha Shah committed suicide in May 2025 and in December 2025, a class IX tribal student died under mysterious circumstances.  It was falsely certified as cardiac arrest. But the parents of the boy smelled foul play and asked the Odisha police to investigate it. The Odisha Police post mortem report says that the boy died by strangulation and not by slipping in the bathroom as certified by KISS/KIMS. Based on this report the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has swung into action and has raised important questions: One who is the mastermind behind this incident trying to suppress the murder issue; Two, why due process of law not followed and police not informed and why action should not be taken against the institution. Odisha chief minister is already facing political heat on this issue as Bonai MLA Laxman Munda has already blown the tribal bugle alleging that administrative connections are shielding KISS/KIIT/KIMS founder Dr Samanta from meaningful scrutiny so far. Odisha TV played a big role in exposing the truth. The ball now is in Odisha CM’s court and everybody awaits his decision.