Bhubaneswar: The Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences (KISS) will host the XIX International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (ICAES) 2023.
KISS which represented India won the bid against Croatia by a huge margin to host the next edition of the World Congress of Anthropology at KISS in collaboration with Utkal University and Sambalpur University.
More than 10,000 delegates from over 150 countries are expected to participate in the World Congress, which is held every five years in different parts of the world. ICAES is the largest gathering of academicians and researchers in the fields of Anthropology and Ethnology. It is also the oldest meet of the scholars engaged in the scientific study of humankind. India will host the prestigious event after a gap of 45 years.
The tribal university won competitive bidding process after a lot of efforts, constant follow-up, communication, presentation and going through a rigorous voting procedure. KISS had lost the bid to Brazil in 2014.
The final bidding took place in Brazil from July 16 to July 20, 2018 where India won over Croatia by getting 2084 votes, while Croatia got 89 votes.
Utkal University vice-chancellor Soumendra Mohan Patnaik and professor Deepak Behera of KISS participated at the general assembly and proposed to host the mega event.
The departments of Anthropology of KISS deemed to be University; of Sambalpur University; Utkal University and Indian Anthropological Association, Delhi are the partners in the proposed World Congress. The Indian Anthropological Society, Kolkata and Ethnography and Folk Culture Society, Lucknow have also agreed to be the partners.