KIIT University (earlier Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology) (Hindi: कलिंग इंस्टिच्यूट ऑफ इंडस्ट्रियल टेक्नोलाजी (Kaliṃga Iṃsţicyūţ ŏph Iṃḍasţriyal Ţēknōlājī ) is a co-educational, autonomous university located at Bhubaneswar in the Indian state of Orissa. It was one of the youngest institutions to be awarded the deemed university status in India and then the university status in 2004 and is recognised by Limca Book of Records. The University offers under-graduate and post-graduate courses in Engineering, Bio-technology, Medicine, Management, Law, Computer application, Rural management, Fashion, Film Studies, Journalism and Sculpturing. It has been ranked as 16 th in India, 5 th among private universities, and 4 th in the eastern region in the year 2009 by Times of India. It has also been ranked 18 th among private engineering institutes and 7 th in placement in 2008 by Outlook India. KIIT School of Management has been nominated as the mentor institution by AICTE for conducting faculty development programme in eastern India. KIIT was established in 1992 as an Industrial Training Institute with only 12 students and 2 faculties.