The 10 Best Institutions in North India, 2020

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The Balancing Act

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he concepts of change, evolution, and upgradation are not just limited to living beings.

Organizations, whether they be commercial, governmental or other, need to upgrade themselves with changing times to stay relevant. Just like the strongest of a species, organizations that manage to transform, stay profitable and those who do not, simply perish.

For educational institutes, the new decade has already started on a note that speaks, or rather screams, ‘change’. The sudden push towards imparting education by utilizing digital mediums has opened up opportunities. At the same time, it has also exposed how unprepared we are. While the cities found it easy to migrate to the new systems, the small towns are still facing glitches, technical and otherwise. As for the villages, they need action, instead of words.

The current situation has given a chance for institutes to focus more on integrated learning solutions. Instead of waiting for complete digitalization, here’s a chance to figure out a balanced way to give the best of modern and traditional education. A flexible curriculum and routine that can take care of educational needs and the socializing factor in education need to be worked out.

This is also an opening for the educational institutes to venture into uncharted territories. Instead of bringing students to the Universities, here’s a chance to go the other way round. Financial, social, and geographical conditions of students, might be deterring them to go and earn their degrees. Through the digital medium, these limitations can be overcome, if one desires to.

Investing in some basic infrastructure facilities in a remote town or village can go a long way in increasing the goodwill of an Institute and the literacy rate of our country.

For most institutes, the transition has already started.

What remains to be seen is how they leverage the opportunity and manage to outperform themselves.

The new academic session has already begun and new guidelines are all set to be followed. Together, the institutes and students are all set to explore the limitless space that can be covered under the new normal.

In this edition of The Knowledge Review, we bring you “The 10 Best Institutions in North India, 2020” that have a progressive outlook and believe that education is more than a degree. These institutes have been constantly upgrading themselves and have been empowering students and society, in turn.

On the Cover, we have Sushant School of Art and Architecture. Established in 1989, the institute has positioned itself as one of the premier Architecture Institutes in the country. The school aspires to be amongst the world’s most advanced architecture and

planning institutes known for its stimulating, innovative and outstanding learning environment.

The edition also features Bhojia Dental College and Hospital, an institute that has been growing persistently in the quest for excellence in nurturing the individuals; DR. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University’s, a legacy of innovation and possibilities that strives to redefine the nature of agricultural education; the I Business Institute (IBI), that educates and nourishes individuals to eventually metamorphose into leaders capable of bringing and leading change; Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW), an institute that fosters industry-relevant research and innovations and empowers the women of our country through valuebased higher education; and JK Lakshmipat University (JKLU), an institute honing the skills of the future generation that are required for growth of the career as well as the nation.

We would also like to applaud the spirit of Times school of journalism, Sharda University, World University of Design, and Sunrise university.

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08 SUSHANT SCHOOL OF ART & ARCHITECTURE Offering Innovative Architectural Programs

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In Foresight Education after the Pandemic

18 Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University: Enhancing Agricultural Educational Fraternity and Inciting Change

Beginners’ Minds for the Technical World

Quality and Holistic Dental Education

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Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women: Cultivating

Bhojia Dental College and Hospital: Propagating

I Business Institute: Nurturing Global Leaders through Career-Oriented Education

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JK Lakshmipat University: Transforming Students into Leaders through Innovative Learning Pedagogy

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ducation gives direction to an inquisitive mind, it fuels the curiosity, learning, thinking capability, and enables an individual to create platforms that would enhance the surroundings. However, this can only happen if the curriculum and the courses taught are more dynamic and adaptive in nature to incorporate the evolving trends.

Education system of India has come a long way implementing newer teaching and learning approaches from traditional methods to present day online digital learning. However, the core value systems of education in order to prepare the next generation students has not changed.

The Chiranjiv Charitable Trust’s strong belief in the power of innovation and education, has enabled them today to set up several educational institutes. Their flagship institute for higher education, the Sushant School of Art and Architecture (SSAA) was established in 1989 and has positioned itself as one of the premier Architecture Institutes in the country. The institute is recognized by the Council of Architecture (COA), All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) and University Grant Commission (UGC).

The aim of the Sushant School of Art and Architecture, Sushant University, is to make and teach architects to

be confident yet sensitive and possess a strong work ethic that will enable them to contribute positively to the society. The school aspires to be amongst the world's most advanced architecture and planning institutes known for its stimulating, innovative and outstanding learning environment.

Here, the best faculty apply innovative pedagogical techniques and encourage young minds to explore the frontiers of research, creating knowledge that will equip them for the challenges of our collective future.

The school develops and strengthens its faculty resources to fulfil its dreams by conducting intensive faculty training programmes that in turn upgrade the pedagogic output.

The pedagogic and research emphases of the school include 'heritage', ’critical thinking’, 'sustainability', 'art & aesthetics', and ‘hands-on learning’. Building upon these, the school hopes to develop its research wing that will be able to contribute to upgrading the overall research skills in the field of Architecture and Planning of the country.

The Perfect Choice for Students In 30 years, Sushant School of Art and Architecture has produced 1400+ graduates who have excelled in architecture, planning, design, and other related fields.

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SSAA is a think tank of innovative disciplinarydiscourses that are ethical, responsible, inclusive, socially effective, global yet rooted within the Indian context

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The institute has reinvented itself and its programmes to be at par with evolving trends. And this is achieved by its team of over 50 professional architects as fulltime faculty and 80+ industry experts as visiting faculty.

The focus at SSAA has been to look at the five years spent by a student during B. Arch as a journey towards shaping citizens who are socially conscious, sensitive, have a strong work ethic, are articulate and confident, and contribute positively to the society. The students are exposed to and partake in the vibrant architectural community spread across various locations in the country and in the world.

At SSAA, students are provided with world-class quality education and exposure through national and international site visits, guest lectures, workshops, industry connect and study tours. The International collaborations with premier global universities for academic and research activities benefits students. An excellent library and hands-on learning methodology enable students to deep dive into the subject and sharpen their creativity skills.

Delivering Distinctive programme Bachelor of Architecture (B Arch) programme The curriculum of Five-year programme is based on the Choice Based Credit System where the students are exposed to a wide range of regular and elective courses.

The pedagogic and research emphasis is on critical

thinking, heritage, sustainability, art, aesthetics, and hands-on learning.

Master of Architecture (M. Arch) Programme The M. Arch programme at Sushant School of Art and Architecture are accredited professional degrees intended for architects. With cutting edge and dynamic curriculum, yet deeply embedded in the dynamic Indian context and its systems, the programme aims to cultivate talent, leadership, and critical thinking in students so that their skills are at par with the evolving forms of research and design. SSAA offers: M. Arch (Urban Design): The programme identifies the role of the urban designer in redefining the 21st century urban development and sets new paradigms of research, practice, sustainability, and pedagogy to meet the challenges of urbanization maintaining the heritage and culture of India.

M. Arch (Interior Architecture): The programme identifies the role of interior architecture as a specialist discipline oriented programme with an emphasis on spatial design as well as surface embellishments.

M. Arch (Built Heritage): The programme aims to highlight the significance of

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built heritage in the present context and intertwined with everyday lives of communities. The important part of the programme is its participatory approach of education that involves private investors, government as well as non-governmental agencies in discourses.

M. Arch (Landscape Architecture): The programme endeavours to establish the role of landscape architects in administrating the land and achieve the highest quality in the built and natural landscapes.

Additional programmes SSAA also offers a Ph.D. in the disciplines of Art and Architecture. SSAA research training aims to produce scholars who can impact future built environment education, practice, and industry connect through deeper learning and proactive engagements.

The institute also offers Certification Courses that are open to students and professionals. The courses add value in shaping participants' skills and knowledge and learn from the wide expertise of institute’s faculty members. The courses also invite external experts from industry and academia, to conduct sessions, thus, shaping the collaborative avenues with alumni members and well established architects and designers. The courses are conducted in January, March, and May, every year.

Beyond Curriculum SSAA continuously reinvents the curriculum by imparting deep understanding of the discipline, aligning education with the industry and its impacts on global scenarios. It embeds core and critical architectural value systems in its curriculum, which enables students to make priceless contribution in the society.

The institute’s unique and nested pedagogic systems has developed ‘Baskets’ for ‘Thinking, Doing, Telling and Applying’ to simplify and interpret the varied components of the syllabus that tracks the vertical alignment of subjects along with creating crosssubject interventions, which makes the SSAA graduates 'industry-ready'.

COLLABORATIONS SSAA has collaborated with several international universities and institutions. These international relationships ensure that SSAA is always in dialogue with the world design community. Some of the activities taken up jointly with some of the associated universities in the recent past include: AA Visiting School, India SSAA hosted the AAVS Delhi NCR in December 2018 and investigated to resolve the global problem of air pollution. and create innovative solutions to combat climate change. It operated as a laboratory of technologically-driven architectural investigation. The workshop explored innovative ways of pollutant capturing, lightweight, composite structures using digital technologies.

Bartlett, University College London, UK SSAA students were awarded reduced fee participation at the summer schools offered by Bartlett UCL in 2019. Various students from SSAA took part in the programme and learned about the cultural, social, and technological aspects of architecture. The exposure allowed students to become part of a highly qualified academic community and build contacts with their subject peers and leaders from across the world.

University of Westminster, London, UK The collaboration with University of Westminster in particular focused on semester and year exchange programme, through field trips and/or a joint studio model. The University of Westminster expressed their keen interest in expanding the heritage and conservation pillar of SSAA and find avenues to have knowledge and resource sharing mechanisms in place.

The University is also further taking up strong initiatives to develop collaboration opportunities with M Arch UD of SSAA. University of Texas at Arlington, US and ESSEC Paris, France Academic groups of students and eminent professors from UTA and ESSEC visited SSAA in 2019 to understand the architectural and urban transformations taking place in India. These groups, along with various SSAA students, participated in lectures and workshops hosted by SSAA faculty. The school also curated various visits to important architectural sites for these guests and involved them in the on-going academic activities at the school.

Tsinghua University, China As a part of strengthening the relationship between SSAA and Tsinghua University, both institutions committed to prioritise knowledge and resource sharing with each other, two students from the Sushant School of Art and Architecture were awarded fully funded participation in a summer course by the Tsinghua University. The SSAA participants used this opportunity to acquaint themselves with a new culture, practices and methods of learning architecture and urbanism prevalent in the dynamic country of China.

Building Life, not just Career The under-graduate student after completing the Bachelor of Architecture (B. Arch.) programme applies for license to practice certificate from the Council of Architecture (COA) and can start their professional practice. At SSAA the focus is not just getting students ready for a career but to provide socially relevant education in Planning and Architecture.

The school is truly a comprehensive, and multidisciplinary institute that can provide all the required support in transforming students into tomorrow’s leaders. This further enables to choose the right stream for their higher education in India and abroad. Almost 60%-70% of the students apply for their master’s programme and wide exposure that they receive at under-graduate level assist them in securing admission at post-graduate level.

The good mix of young and senior faculty members develops and are engaged in several initiatives that exposes a student to the diverse field of architecture. The faculty members have more than a decade work experience and have architecture education from premier national and international institutions such as SSAA, SPA, JJ College, IITs, CEPT, Texas University, University of London, University of Sussex, University of Nottingham, University of Pennsylvania, Cardiff University, University of Wales.

SSAA has a strong association with institutions such as the American Institute of Indian Studies (AIIS), Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), Indian Green Building Council (IGBC), Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) to facilitate the exchange of resources and expertise.

STAR ALUMNI Sheetal Rakheja (batch 1993 - 1998) Current Designation: Managing Director, Design & Development India Pvt Ltd, New Delhi.

Renowned Work: Shunya, a model home created on the concept of zero waste, zero water, and zero energy.

Redundant cargo containers and other waste materials been transformed into India’s first working model of a zero energy home.

- Green Boulevard, Noida, one of the World’s ten Largest Platinum rated LEED certified Green Buildings from USGBC in the Core & Shell category.

Sumeet Sachdev (Batch 1994 - 1999) Current Designation: Television actor and filmmaker.

Renowned Work: ‘Rehmaan Sahabko phone Karna hai’, a short film that has been screened at nine film festivals and won three awards including the jury mention award at the International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala.

Aditya Kumar (Batch 1995 - 2000) Current Designation: Deputy Director, NGO, Community Organisation Resource Centre (CORC), Also, Former Head of Design and Planning unit, United Nations Relief and Works Agency.

Renowned Work: The reconstruction of Nahr El Bared Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon; Upgrading of informal settlement Mashiniwami, SASDI alliance, Cape Town, South Africa.

AWARDS & ACCOLADES

Over the years, SSAA has won numerous awards and felicitations.

Best Private College of Architecture in India for the Year 2018 2nd Asia Pacific Education & Technology Award (APETA) organized by ASSOCHAM India for ‘Best Institute for Innovation & Pedagogy in India for the Year 2018-19’ 3rd position in UN convened International Bamboo Workshop and Photography competition.

SSAA students won the Diamond and Gold medal in FOAID-2019 (an Installation competition) SSAA overall winners, Zonal NASA Convention 2019 SSAA received silver medal in Interior Design category, best college and best mentor award at Asia Young Designer Award ceremony, organized by Nippon.

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Our vision is to steer innovation in education, achieve international acclaim, and provide socially relevant education in Architecture

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More to Offer Sushant School of Art and Architecture aspires to be amongst the world's most advanced architecture and planning institutes known for its stimulating, innovative and outstanding learning environment. Through the alumni and faculty networks, the school has associations with several international universities.

International relationships ensure that SSAA commands respect within the global design community.

SSAA prepares for the next academic year with new ideas and courses like Master’s in Architecture Technology. The institute looks forward to many more years of applying innovative pedagogical techniques and encouraging young minds to explore the frontiers of research, creating knowledge that will equip them for the challenges of our collective future. T R

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or any educational institution to deliver the most superior and higher-quality of learning, requires a firm belief in the value it delivers. The Bhojia Dental College and Hospital is among few handful institutes that have grown its presence with an exclusive quality of being persistent in the quest for excellence in nurturing the individuals. The institute is a part of the Bhojia Charitable Trust for Scientific Research and Social Welfare; which envisions to advance the educational, religious and charitable objects of public nature.

A Tradition of Excellence The Trust was established in June 1997 with its Head Office at Chandigarh.

With the aforementioned cherished aspiration in view, the founding Trustees, in their first endeavor, set up Bhojia Dental College & Hospital in the state of Himachal Pradesh in 1997.

Bhojia Dental College and Hospital is a private self-financing institute.

At the heart of the institute lies its belief, ‘health for all’. Its continuous endeavour to offer both excellent

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education and world-class health care has helped it earn many accreditations.

The institute is affiliated to prestigious Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla and BDS course is recognized by the Govt. of India, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, and Department of Health. For two decades now, the Bhojia Dental College & Hospital has a tradition of turning out exceptional dentists and healthcare professionals and exceptional academic rigour.

At the Helm of the Institute Completing two glorious decades of excellence in the field of academics, under the dynamic leadership of Sh. Vikram Bhojia, Secretary of the trust; the college has cultivated an excellent repute with the medical industry that helps the students to stay upgraded with the contemporary information and happenings. The disciplined and ethical approach has gained the institute a national stature.

“We are fortunate to share a cordial relationship with industry professionals and organizations. This highly leads us to the path of excellence and more opportunities,” adds Mr. Vikram.

The constant support and encouragement from the college's President, Sh. R. K. Gupta has been a driving force. “We believe that one should not remain satisfied with his welfare but should regard his welfare as a part and parcel of the welfare of all. In matters which affect the wellbeing of all, a person should give a subordinate place to his likings,” shares Mr. Vikram.

Care and Education Go Hand-inHand Now that we established how this institute is unique and stand apart from others. Let us how its curriculum is shaping aspiring dentists and healthcare professionals for the future.

The college is duly approved and recognized by the Dental Council of India, New Delhi, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, New Delhi and affiliated to H. P. University, Shimla for its various courses.

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It is our continuous endeavour to turn out graduates who are capable of serving not only the oral healthcare needs of the nation but also offer extraordinary service in the general healthcare industry

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• Conservative Dentistry & Endodontics • Pedodontics • Periodontics • Oral Pathology • Dental Hygienist • Dental Mechanics Along with offering theoretical knowledge, the institute gives equal importance to practical knowledge as well. As the college also has a hospital under its wing, it provides every type of dental treatment like major surgeries, dentures, ceramic crowns, gum treatment, restorative treatment, OPG, and Orthodontics treatments.

Also, the hospital section has a fullfledged community service department with a fully equipped Mobile Dental Van. The college periodically organizes camps at villages and schools covering remote areas as a regular feature. This helps the students get hands-on medical experience and learn skills for the future.

Amenities Par Superiority Aligned with an exceptional academic record and industry-specific curriculum, the institute also has stateof-the-art facilities. This institution is situated in the foothills of Kasauli SEPTEMBER | 2020

range on a sprawling campus spreading over more than 8 acres of land at village Budh (Near Baddi), the biggest Industrial Town of Himachal Pradesh.

The lush-green campus is well equipped with the entire advanced teaching aids, Wi-Fi connectivity, and equipment. The college block consist of lecture theatres equipped with audio-visual learning aids and the students are given hands-on experience and training by experienced faculty in the various teaching departments, laboratories, as well as in the clinics of the dental hospital.

Furthermore, the institute is well equipped with advanced teaching aids and equipment. The institute also boasts to be the first and only dental college to be accredited with NAAC in the state of Himachal Pradesh. This ensures quality in both education and patient treatment. The institute is empanelled with ESI and H.P. Government, which allows an abundant inflow of patients. This allows students to actively visualize and learn about various disorders affecting the head and neck region and treat such disorders in the future. The students are given practical training

and they also get a chance to treat patients owing to the good OPD of the institute. This enables them to treat a variety of patients suffering from different disorders and ultimately they become masters of the subject.

A World of Opportunities It is the college’s tradition to turn out graduates with advanced dental knowledge and world-class medical practice. Upon graduating the students have a plethora of options ahead of them. The institute’s international collaborations with Universities in Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Malaysia allows students to study further. The students regularly visit these universities for elective postings, where they can learn dentistry from a different perspective altogether.

Furthermore, the students also have the option of running their own clinical practice or joining a dental college as a teacher or as a research associate. T R

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Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University Enhancing Agricultural Educational Fraternity and Inciting Change

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hen people think of agriculture, they usually think about only farmers who tend the fields and look after crops or livestock however, it is not just about farming. The massive food and drink sector rests on the backbone of the farming sector hence, it means agriculture; there are jobs for everything in between the farm and the store.

Agriculture has an enormous range of career opportunities in crop cultivation to post harvest processing and then to make ready to eat food. Furthermore, there is a whole range of industries supporting the farming sector. Seeing the potential in agriculture sector, many companies aligned towards agriculture and Reliance is an example of them. At present, Central and State Government are also emphasizing to “Doubling the farmers Income” which also created job opportunity for

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agricultural graduate. Tremendous opportunities also exist in entrepreneurship development where others can also be employed. The key point here is that there is a job awaiting one in the agricultural sector irrespective of their skills and agricultural background.

continuous endeavor has been to educate individuals into industry professionals. The institute sees the agricultural (global) history as a challenge; a legacy of innovation and possibilities and strives to equal every day while redefining the nature of agricultural education.

But, that is not all about this sector; the agricultural sector is very huge, there are problems yet to be solved, and exciting possibilities that are yet to be discovered. And while the industry has already adapted to cutting-edge technologies, there is a huge need for skilled and competent experts to keep up with and advance science and engineering discoveries which will ultimately bring a paradigm shift in society and the global economy.

A Legacy of Excellence Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University, Pusa owes legacy of India’s first-ever Agricultural Research Institute and college, which was established in 1905 at Pusa, Bihar with a vision of making it a nucleus of agricultural activities, research and education for the whole country and to attract the best of talents from India and abroad. The evolution of this University into a Central Agricultural University was accomplished in 2016 for generating and expanding knowledge in the field of agriculture and allied sciences with more vigor.

Having understood this possibility at the earliest, Dr. Rajendra Prasad Central Agricultural University’s

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The University is producing exemplary human resources and providing dynamic leadership in Teaching, Research, and Extension related to agriculture and allied sciences. It is also strongly committed to serving the farming community of our country in general and Bihar state in particular.

The aforesaid institute’s legacy is not the only factor that sets it apart from other educational institutions. It continuously strives to advance professional competency for pursuing excellence in agriculture and allied education, research, and entrepreneurship while also enabling students to meet the regional, national, and global needs and offer specialized services to the farmers.

It achieves the same by: • Promoting a high-quality learning environment and the creation of an integrated approach that develops an appreciation and understanding of the environmental and socio-economic significance of soil-plant-animal- people interface.

• Shaping agricultural stakeholders into self-sustaining mode through innovation-centric education, cutting edge research, entrepreneurship/ startup skill development, and dissemination of appropriate agricultural technology.

• Nurturing national/ global needs of achieving sustainable food production and safety while mitigating pressure on agricultural land through advanced interventions of research and development.

An Environment Promoting Growth Aiding the university in its vision of producing skillful professionals is its rigorous curriculum. The university offers a range of courses for UG (6 disciplines) PG (24 disciplines) and Ph.D. (10 disciplines) program in agricultural and allied science in seven colleges to meet the rising demand of skilled professionals in agricultural industries.

It follows an Integrated System of Education comprising Teaching, Research, and Extension and advisory systems which is quite different from any other university.

Its Under-Graduation degrees are four years technical and professional courses as compared to three years degree at general Universities which includes STUDENT READY (Rural Entrepreneurship Awareness Development Yojana) program for one year in which students are attached to a particular village for identification of the farming problem; industry attachment; business proposal development along

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Enabler of World-Class Education The driving force behind this institute is Dr. R. C. Srivastava, Vice-Chancellor of the University, who has always been a believer in the propagation of rightful and value-based education. He has conceptualized and guided various research projects, new technologies, and has kept the University abreast with state-of-the-art technologies and research. Along with Master's and PhD degrees in Soil & Water Conservation Engineering from IIT, Kharagpur, he has held several prestigious positions with esteemed institutions during his career spanning 43 + years.

He has won numerous international and national awards viz. Rafi Ahmad Kidwai Award, Vasant Rao Naik Award, Rajendra Prasad Puruskar. He is Fellow of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers (FISAE), Fellow of Institution of Engineers (FIE), Fellow of Confederation of Horticulture Association of India (FCHAI), Fellow of Indian Association of Soil & Water Conservationists (FIASWC) along with many Lifetime Achievement Award for his scientific works and has penned 250+ research papers in diverse areas of water conservation, especially rainwater harvesting, groundwater management, and integrated farming system.

The University is witnessing its most enriching times and has been on the rise owing to his dynamic and exceptional leadership qualities.

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with experiential learning program (earning while learning) for serving any industry/entrepreneurship/start-up.

The PG program has a two-year duration which includes one year for course work and one year for initial exposure with research.

Additionally, the university conducts many activities to develop creative skills among students. Special lectures by experts, counseling of students for placement and soft skill development, debate and writing competition, seminars, sports meet, and many other extracurricular activities are organized regularly in the university A Place to Belong We have established how the University offers programs for individuals to help them expand their perspectives and lead at a higher level. However, The University understands that academics is not the only factor that enhances education but, education when integrated with growth-centric environment enhances holistic development. Hence, the university has cultivated environment excellence through advanced education where its student's development is anchored on the core pillars; integrity, superiority, and compassion.

The University has a residential campus having excellent accommodation makes the congenial environment for the teaching-learning process. Its campus is an amalgamation of traditional pedagogy with digital technology to enhance the impact of teaching. It also has state-of-art laboratories to train the students to handle modern, sophisticated, and sensitive equipment during the academic program.

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Furthermore, the University also has an active placement cell. Starting from grooming to placing students in good agro-based companies, the placement cell under the University helps its students at every step of their growth.

Many students choose to go for higher studies and prepare for civil services, Bank, Agricultural Research Service, and other reputed jobs in the country and abroad.

A Promising Future It is now evident that the university will continue to equip students through industry-specific training and development programs for entrepreneurship, start-up, and other agricultural services. And to achieve the aforesaid goal, the University continuously improves and advances its curriculum and other growth-centric initiatives.

The University is planning to add new undergraduate and postgraduate courses, design and implement new PG diploma courses to address the industry need as well as promote start-up/entrepreneurship in Climate Resilient Agriculture, Hi-tech Horticulture, waste management, Micro Irrigation, Warehousing, etc.

The University is also planning to introduce programs in emerging fields like Nanotechnology, Computational Biology, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Data science along with 5-year Integrated Post-Graduate program in Bioinformatics.

Furthermore, the University has also planned to introduce various research programs that will ultimately result in the enhancement of farmer's income and also to reduce the pressure on land resources. These proposed research activities include; inventory, conservation plans, biodiversity mapping and its utilization of pristine areas for application of research in agriculture and allied area, development & release of new varieties and technologies for the various agro-ecological situation for climate-smart agriculture, development of multi-species fodder bank as a climate-smart option for livestock nutrition, etc.

The university is also planning on establishing IT-based agricultural technology information services for quick dissemination of technology and establishment and building new infrastructure with many new canters in pipelines such as Centre for Excellence on Food Processing and Centre of Excellence for Mushroom Research. T R

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I BUSINESS INSTITUTE Nurturing Global Leaders through Career-Oriented Education

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he reality of life post the COVID-19 crisis has not yet fully sunk in and its consequences in business, organizations, economy, and the society in essence, will be evident for the rest of 2020 and beyond.

This moment of the crisis demands smart, value-driven, and focused leaders; whose determination to work extraordinarily hard and skilfully will help shape the economy and businesses. This calls to mind an old adage, “Crisis does not build character, but reveals it.”

The leaders about whom we are taking here need not be just

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executives; it could be anyone who can bring successfully lasting change in any organization. They master the art of organizational transformation keeping in mind the present day’s volatile, uncertain, and complex global business landscape.

The I Business Institute (IBI) educates and nourishes individuals to eventually metamorphose into such leaders who are capable of bringing and leading change. Since its inception in 2008, IBI has a long tradition of intellectual rigour and in pursuit of innovative knowledge.

It was established by a group of

nation builders who have been highly committed and successful professionals. IBI has the vision to be a globally recognized institution dedicated to excellence in management education and grooming of future global business leaders. The institute’s continuous endeavour is to bring out the best in all the students and develop them as leaders and entrepreneurs who will create value for their stakeholders and society at large.

Holding the Torch of Knowledge The driving force behind the institute’s continuous growth is Mr. Sujeet Roy, Managing Director

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Mr. Roy is a visionary educationist and an eminent academic advisor and he has always concentrated on the all-round ‘holistic development’ of the students as well as the faculties. He is a recipient of several excellence awards like, ‘Best Educator in India’, ‘National Education Excellence Award’, to name a few. The strength of the Institute lies in the fact that he focuses on various concrete pillars like the student’s level of competence, knowledge, abilities, and inclination.

A Rigorous Curriculum Enabling IBI to achieve the aforesaid is its industry-specific curriculum.

The institute offers a full-time twoyear Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Management which is recognized by AICTE. The course structure is designed with a special focus on imparting training and moulding aspirants to acquire necessary core competencies, which are specifically required to manage business organizations.

Besides giving conventional management education inputs, a highly competent set of faculty, in collaboration with industry, has designed and developed a course structure that will provide core competency skills in chosen areas of management ranging from Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Marketing Management, Financial Management, Organizational Behaviour, Human Resource Management, Operation Management, Business Ethics, Legal

Aspects of Business, Business Research Methods and SPSS, Business Policy and Economics System, Management Information System, Quantitative Techniques, Entrepreneurship, etc. The first year is divided into three trimester learning modules followed by Summer Internship Project.

The second-year is the specialization year, where two areas of management as preferred by the students are taught in-depth. In the last trimester, students acquire certification courses according to their specialization and get engaged in live projects and consultancy, research projects, and business simulations.

Certifications include: Digital Marketing Certification; Advanced Excel Certification; HR Practices Certification; Six Sigma Certification (White Belt); Financial Management Certification; Marketing Management Certification; Logistics & Supply Chain Management Certification; Business Analytics Certification; Data Science Certification; Fundamentals of Foreign Traits Certification.

Growth-Centric Amenities Aligned with its theoretical training is the institute's distinctive and growth-oriented environment. IBI boasts of a world-class academic infrastructure, which includes the spacious, theatre-style, airconditioned classrooms, augmented with modern state-of-the-art technology equipped audio-visual teaching aids for lectures and presentations. It has spacious conference halls that act as a common ground for interaction between students, faculty, and corporate professionals through presentations, group discussions,

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conferences, and videoconferencing.

Besides, it also has an airconditioned auditorium equipped with latest multimedia facilities, a learning resource centre that houses a rich collection of books and journals along with access to a digital library, a computer lab powered with new IT tools and technology, a sports arena for indoor and outdoor games, hostels separately for boys and girls and a recreational zone for extracurricular activities to enhance the overall personality of the students.

Inculcating Holistic Growth We already established how IBI emphasizes on the holistic growth of the students. Hence, to achieve the same the institute encourages students to participate in various activities which will help them develop skills such as leadership, problem-solving, creative thinking, and many others.

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of I Business Institute. He has been instrumental in the growth and development of the institute as he widely contributed to ameliorating a leading Management Institute of northern India.

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Therefore, IBI has introduced various extracurricular activities for the overall development of the students.

The institute has formed various clubs such as; Sports Club, Corporate Social Responsibility Club, Marketing Club, Finance Club, Human Resource Club, Cultural Club, Corporate Connect Club, etc., which organize events regularly.

IBI also organizes and conducts various events, outreaching activities, and competitions in a variety of fields like Case-study competitions, Blog Writing, Problem Solving, Business Plan, Ad Mad Show, Debate, Business Quiz, Collage Making, etc. All these competitions are of multi-stage levels and consist of rounds of presentations, reviews, and feedback.

Apart from these, the institute also celebrates festivals such as; Holi, Ganesh Chaturthi, Christmas Celebrations, Independence Day, Republic Day, etc.

Cultural and Sports events like Fresher's Party, Farewell Party, Alumni Meet, Sports Meet give opportunities to showcase their talent in diverse areas of personality.

Alongside, IBI also offers Industry visits to different companies, excursions, and adventure trips and international trips to help students develop a strong personality with the ability to grow their network and make new connections.

Beyond IBI We have seen how IBI educates its students for the future. The institute’s prime goal is to nurture its students to take up leadership positions and innovatively bring change both to the organization (they work) and to the society as a whole. Hence, it is safe to say the students passing out from this institute are competent for the global challenges.

IBI’s responsibility does not end with just educating its students, the institute offers aid to help students attain jobs that match their skills. Hence, the students of IBI

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get a placement opportunity assurance letter that is aimed to provide ample placement opportunities in the corporate world. The institute’s Training and Placement Resource Centre; a unique initiative of the institute is aimed at providing students a comprehensive career and placement support.

The institute also conducts placement drives with participation by reputed companies that conduct the oncampus selection process and issue offers to students.

The pre-placement offers are provided to the majority of students, the package ranging from 4.5 lakhs per annum to 12.5 lakhs per annum. For the Summer Internship also, students get multiple offers with a stipend and final placement assurance. T R

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n the wake of COVID-19 crisis, India is seeing eLearning blast. Education has been massively inuenced by the on-going digitalisation of everything the COVID-19 pandemic restrained upon the world. With schools shutting down and institutions, colleges moving only into remote learning, professors and teachers, as well as students have ended up working in totally new environments.

In numerous nations, the spread of COVID-19 is presently fairly under control. Thus, a few schools might be reopened, and other educational activities restarted. However, we have not seen the ďŹ nish of the pandemic yet.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the idea of education overnight and digitalized learning has risen as a completely vital asset for education. Also, this move has pushed both students and educators into the digital era, while paying little heed to their interest, skills or level of education.

However, when it comes to the future of education after COVID-19, a more significant change is explicitly in transit as far as digital solutions is concerned. The pandemic and the subsequent edu-tech boom may simply be the final push that is required for technological innovations to reach a level where it will disrupt the whole universe of education and learning.

The COVID-19 crisis may well change our reality and our worldwide viewpoint; it might likewise show us how education needs to change to have the option of preparing our young students for what the future may hold. These lessons include:

3. Encouraging and teaching life skills needed for the future In this ever-changing environment, youngsters require strength and flexibility – skills that are ending up being fundamental to explore adequately through this pandemic. Looking into the future, probably the most significant skills that businesses will be searching for will be creativity, imagination, communication and coordinated effort, alongside empathy and emotional intelligence; and being able to work across segments of contrasts to harness the intensity of the group through powerful collaboration.

4. Unlocking technology to provide quality education The COVID-19 pandemic has compelled educational institutions all over the world to harness and use the set-up of available technological tools to make content for remote learning for students in all sectors.

1. Educating residents in an interconnected world Coronavirus is a pandemic that represents how globally interconnected we are. In the coming decades, successful individuals should have the option to comprehend this interrelatedness and explore across boundaries to leverage their disparities and work in a globally collaborative way.

2. Redefining the role of educator The idea of an educator as the knowledge-holder who shares wisdom to students is no longer fit with the purpose of 21st-century education. With students having the option to access knowledge, and even become skilled through a couple of clicks on their mobile phones, tablets and PCs, we need to redefine the role of educator in the classrooms. This may imply that the role of the educator should move towards encouraging youngsters' advancement as contributing citizenry.

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Educators over the world are encountering additional opportunities to do things differently and with more prominent adaptability bringing about possible advantages available for training students over the world.

Conclusion To sum up, digitalisation was already changing and evolving when the pandemic showed up. In particular, it is our expectation that for Generation Z, Alpha and the ages to come, these experiences of isolation and remote learning constantly from their companions, teachers and classrooms will serve in as a cautious reminder of the significance of our human requirement for up close and personal social collaboration. T R

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and dissemination of knowledge and learning among women of the country and to meet the requirement of technically skilled women workforce.

Country’s progress is incomplete if the women are not empowered. Education is the first step towards it which makes women self-reliant and contribute towards the society. In May 2013, Indira Gandhi Delhi Technical University for Women (IGDTUW) was established and is now a completely self-reliant technical University exclusively for Women having more than 2700 students on its Kashmere Gate Campus situated in the heart of Delhi.

The objective of the University is to foster industry-relevant research and innovations and empower the women of our country through value-based higher education making them employable, selfreliant, and responsible citizens of the country with concern for environment and society.

IGDTUW has been empowered to function efficiently as a teaching and research centre in various branches of engineering, applied sciences, architecture and management courses, promoting advancement

Infrastructure and Academic Programs IGDTUW has a state-of-the-art infrastructure comprising of modern well-equipped Labs, fully Wi-Fi enabled campus, Computer Centre,

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fully Automated Library, Auditorium, Multi-purpose Hall, Conference Room, Seminar Room, Hostels, Sports Facilities, etc. The classrooms are equipped with complete ICT infrastructure. Faculty are encouraged to use Interactive boards, multimedia projectors, digital podium, LCD panel, LCD digital display, and professional interactive touch display.

IGDTUW has worked hard to build a strong academic curriculum with a rich diversity of courses and is working towards new academic initiatives. Academic innovations have always been topmost in the priorities of the University.

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requirement. Very innovative projects like women and society, business entrepreneurship, and others under the generic open elective category are added in the curriculum to give the students a variety of subjects to select for their overall and holistic development.

The curriculum has a broad base of courses in Architecture, Engineering, Management, and Humanities. The syllabi are continuously updated and new courses are added from time to time. Academic Council and the Boards of Studies have representations from industry in addition to academicians from top academic institutions. It offers B.Tech. in Computer Science & Engineering (CSE), Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE),Mechanical & Automation Engineering (MAE), and Information Technology (IT). It also offers M.Tech-CSE (Artificial Intelligence), M.Tech. (Robotics & Automation), M.Tech-ECE (VLSI), M.Tech (Information Security Management) and MCA. The institute also offers courses in Architecture & Planning, Management, and PhD in all the mentioned departments.

Students are highly involved in Community Outreach Programs including Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, Electoral campaigns, and others. University is closely working with government schools to promote STEM education among young girl students. A unique program of Vigyan Jyoti under the department of Science and Technology goal is executed to create gender–enabling S&T ecosystems and to inculcate scientific temperaments among school girls.

To know more about IGDTUW and the courses being offered, Interested candidates may register for free Webinar at https://bit.ly/admission-igdtuw Transforming students into Leaders through Meticulous Programs Apart from the regular academic programs, the University has adopted a Choice Based Credits System CBCS with the option to choose tracks for interests for women students with multiple exit options. These tracks includeProject Track, Entrepreneurial Track, Research Track, MOOC track.

The syllabus of the programs is the latest and as per the industry

Students also take part in various curricular and extra-curricular activities and competitions within the university and outside. On several occasions, they represented the university and won prizes and medals to bring laurel to the university. The University students are encouraged to participate in various National and International events, competitions including Hackathons and won various Awards / Prizes. The University has seven Technical membership societies like ACM chapter, IEEE, OSA, etc., fourteen institute level societies and four clubs related to various Technical, Art and Culture and Environment activities.

For industry exposure, the University has signed several MoUs with leading industries including IBM, CISCO, NASSCOM Foundation, EATON, and several others so that students can get advantages of the latest trends and techniques adopted by the industry. Through these MoUs and linkage, students become better industry-ready

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professionals before the completion of their programs.

Also, University has received financial and mentorship support from International organizations like GiZ, Germany, Nexus, the USA to promote innovation, entrepreneurial culture among girl students. Workshops, boot camps, seminars, pitching sessions are conducted regularly for converting the emphasis from job seekers to job providers.

Supporting Entrepreneurial Minds IGDTUW promotes an entrepreneurial culture and an ecosystem among women. It has established an Incubation Centre – ANVESHAN where girl students are encouraged to start their entrepreneurial journey by providing them seed amount up to Rs. 10 Lacs along with mentoring and other infrastructural support.

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able to learn quickly and to be able to innovate to produce products and services that can cater to local needs and global standards. The institute has designed the B. Tech. curriculum from the ground up to produce technology-savvy leaders and designers for future India.

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their ideas formulation and implementation along with their regular studies. Currently, 11 startups are working in the incubation centre and are doing good progress. Recently, Ms Shubhi Khanna, CSE-2nd year student was selected as a panellist on QS I GAUGE's ReThink Tank session on “Women Entrepreneurship through the lens of Higher Education” with the Honorable Minister for Women & Child Development, Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani held on 13th June, 2020.

An Experienced Leader The key personality behind the success of the University is Dr. (Mrs.) Amita Dev. She is the first Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Second ViceChancellor of IGDTUW. With over three decades of experience in Teaching, Research, and Industry, she has an excellent record of accomplishment of administration, teaching, innovation, and research.

She has many accomplishments to her credits; State Level Best Teacher Award, National Level Best Teacher Award, AICTE Young Teacher Career Award, Vittiya Saksharta Abhiyan Award, etc.

Under her mentorship, the University has earned the Notable Mention Award from AICTE and received a whopping grant of Rs.363 lakhs from the Department of Science & Technology for consolidation of University Research and Excellence. Under her dynamic leadership, IGDTUW participated in the World’s Universities with Real Impact (WURI) Ranking and bagged the 21st rank in the special category “Entrepreneurship spirit” of WURI Ranking, 2020. IGDTUW has also been ranked 77th position in the overall “WURI: Innovative Universities for 2020”. Recently, the university has been conferred the award of ELEAD institute for E-learning Excellence for Academic Digitization by QS I QUAGE. The faculty members of the university have obtained various Innovative Research Projects from leading research Institutions and Organizations including – Microsoft, DST, MIETY, DIETY, MHRD, etc. and are working on prestigious sponsored research projects with a grant of approximately Rs.6.5 crores.

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All kinds of facilitation in four phases of complete incubation and venture development cycle i.e. i) Pre-incubation, ii) Incubation, iii) Acceleration, and iv) Postincubation are provided. It is funded by the Directorate of Training and Technical Education (DTTE), Government of NCT of Delhi, and also recognized by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India as Technical Business Incubator (TBI).

The University has also signed several MoU with leading industries including NASSCOM Foundation, IBM, Cyberpeace Foundation, Fluor Daniel, and several others for technology upgradation of students.

It has also received a research grant and project grant from various Government agencies. Under this MoU, NASSCOM Foundation has established a complete 'IoT and Robotics Lab’ (worth INR 60 Lakhs) named ‘thingQbator’ from the CSR fund received from CISCO. Defy is the technical partner in this CSR Project. The main aim of this MoU is to facilitate free heuristic technical training to the students of IGDTUW. After the intensive training students prepare prototype and live projects.

Up till now a total of three cohorts have been completed where fiftyone projects have been delivered successfully by more than 200 girl students.

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The Career Trajectory The University has an excellent placement record due to the growing demand for women professionals in the country. The placements of the students are excellent with top recruiters visiting the campus like Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Adobe, Goldman Sachs, Directi, Cisco, VISA, Intuit, Expedia, Hero Moto, Maruti Suzuki, Tata Power, etc. and many more. In 201920, more than 90 companies have visited the campus and the highest package of Rs.43.3 lakhs has been offered to the students.

The Training and Placement Department facilitates the Campus Drives and offers placement and internship utopia for the students.

Retaining and revitalizing the past glory, the highly energetic and dynamic team of students and faculty of the University have given students an incredibly great platform to prove their skills and merit.

The University is honoured to have corporate giants like Google, Microsoft, Uber, Intuit, Goldman Sachs, American Express, Walmart, Netapp, Cisco, GE, Nestle, Siemens, Accenture, TCS, DELL, Qualcomm, Mahindra & Mahindra, Maruti, Honda, Bajaj Automobile, MG Motor, Tata Motors, Nestle, Eaton, HUL, Ather Energy, Siemens, Honeywell, Cameron, Fluor Daniel, and others, visiting it annually and offering great opportunities to its students. For the first time, Google made its presence on the campus and specially organized the “Kickstart” Roadshow especially for IGDTUW students.

Collaborations for Progress IGDTUW is currently partnering with various universities to promote various forms of academic Collaboration with Institutions and Industries for improvement in the performance of the students. This

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also helps in knowledge updation of faculty, bridging the gap between Academia & Industry, better placements of students, and higher studies opportunities for students.

IGDTUW has been selected by the Department of Science and Technology, for building Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence.

It has also collaborated with NASSCOM & CISCO for setting-up of thingQbator Innovation lab.

It has collaborated with National Ping Tung University [NPTU], Taiwan for Research Collaboration, Student and Faculty Exchange, and with Maykop State Technological University, Maykop Russia for Collaborative Research, exchange of Faculty, Students, Researchers, etc and jointly organizing Symposia, Seminars and Conferences. It is associated with EATON Foundation for internship placement and scholarships to the students etc.

And has an MoU with NEXUS Incubation Hub, American Centre for Incubation, and Skill Development.

Strong Alumni Network The university’s alumni body is a vast and thriving community of technocrats, senior executives, successful entrepreneurs, and leaders of society. Internships with government bodies and various MNCs are encouraged for more holistic learning. An exhaustive list of Alumni is silently and honestly working at National and MNCs throughout the world, bringing laurels to the University.

students from the graduating batch 2016-20 are going for higher studies to Universities in India and overseas universities.

The institute’s Alumni are at the University of Johns Hopkins University, CMU, University of California, Berkeley, UCLA, New York University, University of Michigan, etc.

For an Empowered Future The plan focusses on important pillars of the university such as building an academic reputation, research innovation, and skill development, entrepreneurship, Faculty, staff, infrastructure. The objective is to inspire, influence, ignite, and intrigue to work hard and take every action as expected and specified.

The university is looking forward to building an academic reputation based on Quality Education and improving teaching-learningprocesses by enhancing the library Resources and ICT enabled Services. It is also looking forward to fostering a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship and working towards a comprehensive engagement through innovative projects.

The university is positive about developing sustainable systems and state-of-the-art infrastructure to enable the Indian women to become future leaders, managers, Researchers, and productive team players in the field of science, engineering, technology, and management. T R

IGDTUW alumni are working with many prestigious companies like Facebook, Microsoft, Adobe, Cisco, SAP Labs, Oracle, Qualcomm, Mahindra & Mahindra, General Motors, Cognizant, Aricent, Tata Consultancy Services, Yamaha Motors, Hindustan Unilever, IBM India, and many more. About 6% of

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Today, students are not just job-ready but also life-ready. It is necessary that they learn, as a continuous process and become future-ready professionals with required skills.

Established in the year 2011, JK Lakshmipat University (JKLU) is honing the skills of the future generation that are required for growth of the career as well as nation. Situated in the historic city, Jaipur, JKLU is one of the finest universities that is supported by the JK Organization. JK Organization, a 125 years old legacy, has contributed to the nation by building JKLU. It is also passionate about building the country’s most innovative higher education institution - JKLU. To seed the curiosity towards education and academics, JKLU is re-imagining education, embedding it with entrepreneurship and dynamism. The committed faculty members and the academic advisory board assures that students are prepared for the future.

This is done by constantly updating the curriculum, teaching methods, and learning outcomes under the changing dynamics of the industry.

The Five Foundational Principles Interdisciplinarity At JKLU, the culture is strongly rooted in interdisciplinarity and learning by building, not just doing.

of real-life applications, skill development, and positive attitude formation.

The Architect of JKLU Dr. Roshan Lal Raina is ViceChancellor at JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur. Before this, Dr. Raina was a reputed professor at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML). He has contributed immensely to institution building in areas like ‘Planning & Development’, ‘Research and Consulting’, ‘Academic Leadership’, ‘Placements’, ‘Library’, ‘Computer Centre’, ‘Student & Alumni Affairs’ and ‘Corporate Communication & Media Relations’.

For his multi-faceted contributions, Dr. Raina holds the unique distinction of having bagged several top professional scholarships, honours and awards, including the Fulbright Award, the British Council Fellowship, and SIS Fellowship.

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All Round Development Through constant learning and experience, all-round development enables students to achieve their goals.

Critical Thinking and Problem Solving JKLU focuses on teaching that inculcates critical thinking and problem-solving.

Innovation Research is given importance as it leads to innovation and enhancement

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mechanical, civil, electrical and electronics and computer science, it provides courses in B.Des. It also offers a BBA program at UG level. At PG level, JKLU offers numerous courses in M.Tech and M.Sc. Apart from this, it also offers M.A. in Public Policy, Pinnacle MBA and Ph.D. programs to its students.

Adding to this, Dr. Raina says, “Some of our recruiters- Britannia, ZS Associates, HDFC Ergo, HFFC, Oppo, Harley Davidson, Paytm, Amazon, JCB, Moglix and many more.”

The Career Services at JKLU works in partnership with the students, faculty, business and industry. It understands both the requirements of the world of work as well as the desires of the students.

Additionally, the Centre for Entrepreneurship & Innovation that has already spurned 4 startups from the University provides support for budding entrepreneurs. Our students are also active in the social sectors.”

Career-oriented Facilities JKLU majorly focuses on providing 100% Placement and Career Assistance. The Career Services provides complete support to bring some of the best organisations to recruit from JKLU for those students interested in joining the workforce in various organisations. Similarly, for those willing to pursue higher studies, the team guides the students according to the requirements of the discipline of their choice.

Along with this, JKLU has signed MoU with reputed universities in U.S., Europe, and the Asia Pacific regions for establishing alliances. Specifically for exchange of faculty, students, and researchers and cooperation in joint research, lectures, symposia and country visit for students.

Mentorship & Guidance The Career Services has embedded an industry expert with a stellar experience. This mentorship helps students for not just a career beyond JKLU but also to prepare them for the life ahead.

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Internships & Practice Schools The team facilitates Summer Internship for the students of the Institute of Management and Practice School 1 (PS-1) and Practice School 2 (PS-2) for the students of Institute of Engineering and Technology.

Skill Development JKLU believes that every individual should continuously work towards constant skill development to stay ahead of the curve and relevant to the changing times. Hence, the Centre for Communication and Critical Thinking, the Career Services team at JKLU

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strives to make their students employable and ready to take charge of their careers.

Expanding the Horizon JKLU is extremely honoured as it is shaping the career of its students by creating professionals of the future.

Dr. Raina says, “We pledge to deliver a future-ready education that prepares them for the challenges and disruptions of the modern workplace.

JKLU is well prepared to create a new cadre of professionals from, and for, India, who will go on to create, manage and transform businesses and organisations. We aim to build the country’s most innovative higher education institution and make our students not just job-ready but life ready.”

The motive of JKLU will always be to deliver a carefully designed holistic approach built around innovative themes and learning-by-doing. It ensures that the students are provided with depth in the core domain knowledge along with breadth of perspective to develop students into successful professionals. T R

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