Bhubaneswar, June 29 (Odisha.in) Bhubaneswar-based Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) will host the 19th International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES) World Congress-2023.
India, represented by KISS, won the bid against Croatia by a huge margin to host this mega event in collaboration with Utkal University and Sambalpur University and Indian Anthropological Association, Delhi, during the Congress held in Brazil from 16th to 20th of July 2018.
IUAES Congress is held every five years.
Deemed to be University, the KISS is regarded as the world’s largest anthropological laboratory and first ever tribal university of the world.
The Bhubaneswar event is scheduled to be held from 15th to 19th January 2023 and is expected to be attended by more than 10000 delegates from over 150 countries, Founder, KIIT & KISS Dr. Achyuta Samanta said here on Sunday.
The IUAES is the largest gathering of academicians and researchers in the fields of Anthropology and Ethnology in the world. In this global meet of the scholars engaged in the scientific study of humankind, KISS and Odisha would be projected in all its beauty and charm.
KISS had applied earlier in 2014 but lost the bid to Brazil then. However in 2018, Prof. Soumendra Mohan Patnaik, VC, Utkal University; Prof. Deepak Kumar Behera, VC, Sambalpur University and KISS team presented the plan before the General Assembly to host this mega event in Odisha.
India will be hosting this prestigious meet after a long gap of 45 years. Prof. Soumendra Mohan Patnaik, Prof. Deepak Behera, and Prof. Harekrushna Satapathy, VC, KISS Deemed to be University were also present at the media briefing.
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