Kalinga Foundation Trust

Kalinga Foundation Trust(KFT) was founded by the Legendary Late Biju Patnaik, the former Chief Minister of Orissa and former Union Minister, Govt of India. The innovative idea of extracting petrol from cola was the brain child of Sri Patnaik and he implemented this Project through KFT by sending six bright young Indian Students to Paris for research on the subject. The objective of the Trust are Public Charitable & Literacy, viz; to diffuse useful knowledge in arts, science, scientific research, and promotion of literature. To organise relief works in time of food, famine, earthquake, cyclone, fire and such other natural calamities. To promote encourage foreign studies and research by Indian students; to provide medical and welfare facilities to the children, disable persons and the destitutes. To provide stipends, scholarships, grants for enabling meritorious and deserving students to prosecute higher studies in India. All the above objectives are being implemented by KFT for the last 60 years.