Srinagar, Aug. 4 -- Bhubaneswar- KIIT & KISS felicitated 11 athletes from KIIT University who represented India in various sporting events and won medals at the recently concluded World University Games (WUG) 2025 in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany.

KIIT is the first university in India to have won so many medals in WUG in the last 65 years.

Each athlete who won a silver medal at the WUG received a cash prize of Rs 3 lakh from KIIT and KISS, while bronze medal winners were awarded Rs 1 lakh. The awards were presented by Dr. Achyuta Samanta, Founder of KIIT & KISS, in the presence of several sporting personalities, including Olympians.

Expressing his delight over the achievement, Dr. Samanta said that the highest number of players in the Indian con...