Three trendsetting universities in-the-making in Bangalore, with connections to its technology industry, are likely to set off a makeover of India’s stodgy education system.
The Azim Premji University, on 100 acres in east Bangalore, will confer development and teacher education degrees. The Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), in 55 acres in Bangalore’s south, has urban transformation at its nucleus. And the Manipal International University, Bangalore, on 100 acres in the northern part of the city, is envisaged as a high-quality international learning centre.
While their cores may vary, all three universities will share a vision of becoming fully inter-disciplinary, highly innovative learning centres.
The development is extraordinary for two reasons, said Anurag Behar, vice-chancellor of Azim Premji University and the CEO of the foundation funding it. “These are particularly hard to pull off because there is no government funding involved, and yet they are non-commercial and self-sustaining,” he said.
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