Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, has 23,766 students and 2,006 teaching staff across its programmes. In NIRF 2025, it was ranked #27 overall (score 60.13), #14 in Law (65.04), #24 in Medical (61.00), #36 in Engineering (58.79) and #68 in Management (50.68), a spread that points to strength across several fields rather than a single flagship discipline. Placement outcomes vary a good deal by programme. In 2023-24, all 97 Medical PG graduates were placed, at a median salary of 18 LPA, while the 4-year Engineering UG cohort saw 1,236 of 3,547 graduates placed at a median of 7.4 LPA. Law PG (1-year) placed 29 of 30 graduates at a median of 9.5 LPA, Engineering PG (2-year) placed 115 of 120 at 8 LPA, and Management PG (2-year) placed 187 of 302 at 7 LPA. The Overall UG 3-year cohort placed 1,430 of 1,495 graduates at a median of 6.3 LPA, and Law UG (5-year) placed 87 of 268 at 6.5 LPA. Trends over the preceding years show improvement in some segments and volatility in others. Medical PG placement has stayed near 100% with rising median pay, from 17 LPA in 2021-22 to 18 LPA in 2023-24. Law UG placements rose sharply from just 28 of 273 graduates in 2021-22 to 87 of 268 in 2023-24, alongside a jump in median salary from 4 to 6.5 LPA. Engineering UG placement numbers and pay have also climbed from a median of 4.5 LPA in 2021-22 to 7.4 LPA in 2023-24, though the share of graduates placed has fluctuated year to year.