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Meeting With KIIT & KISS University Officials for possible Collaborations
| 22 March 2022

Mr. Vikas Sabata, joint director, international relations of Kalinga Institute of International Technology (KIIT) and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS), India has visited the International Relations Office of the University of Peradeniya on 22nd March 2022. Prof. C.N.R.A. Alles, Director, InRO, and Ms. Shyamali Tennekoon, Project Manager, InRO participated in the meeting.

The objective of the meeting was to introduce the two institutions and to discuss the possible collaborations. Mr. Vikas mentioned that they would like to explore future collaborations, especially in the areas of Engineering and Biotechnology under the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology and further he mentioned that they would like to start more collaborations on Pali and Buddhist Studies and Indigenous Studies. Mr. Vikash mentioned that there are many scholarship opportunities for the students who would like to continue postgraduate studies at KIIT and KISS including the government scholarship of study in Japan. Furthermore, it was discussed to initiate an MoU between two institutions.