Bhubaneswar (20 March 2021) :- In a successful meeting by the AICF President Dr Sanjay Kapoor, Secretary Shri Bharat Singh, Vice President Shri Bhavesh Patel and Treasurer Shri Naresh Sharma, the administrators of Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology and Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences Bhubaneswar, made a historic decision to implement Chess as part of curriculum for more than 60000 students under their educational institutions through AICF’s Chess in School project.
Dr Achuta Samanta, Founder KIIT & KISS stated that KISS became the first school in India to integrate Chess in its academic curriculum at school level as a non-credit course in collaboration with International Chess Federation (FIDE) and All India Chess Federation. The game of chess will boost better brain function, improved memory and cognitive abilities, strategic thinking and attention improvement of our students. It is in addition to all our contribution in promoting Chess and Chess Wizards globally. Hoping this integration will become an example for other schools to emulate.
The All India Chess Federation extends its heartfelt gratitude to great visionary, philanthropist and parliamentarian Dr Samanta for the great gesture for promotion of the game in India and Odisha in particular.
AICF also extends thanks to the officials and members of All Odisha Chess Association for their relentless efforts for development of the game at grass root level in the state of Odisha.