Shiv Nadar Foundation to establish University in Greater Noida
New Delhi : The Shiv Nadar Foundation today said it will
establish a university in Greater Noida to offer undergraduate, postgraduate
and professional degrees across a number of disciplines.
The Uttar Pradesh government has enacted the necessary legislation for the establishment
of the Shiv Nadar University in the state, a statement said.
"UP has an extremely progressive approach towards education and we are thankful
for the support of the state government which has approved our proposal to establish
the Shiv Nadar University," Shiv Nadar Foundation Trustee TSR Subramanian said.
Apart from the students it will benefit directly, it will also contribute to the
development of the state by enhancing its position as an education hub," Subramanian
said.
The Shiv Nadar Foundation has also appointed Nikhil Sinha
as the founding Vice-Chancellor of the University. The Shiv Nadar University
will commence operations this academic year.
The University will begin its academic programmes with the launch of the School
of Engineering this academic year and plans to roll out other schools in the coming
years, including schools of business, humanities, natural sciences and social sciences.
The University's most significant differentiator will be the strong emphasis on
interdisciplinary research that will cut across all schools, the statement said.
"While India can be justifiably proud of having a robust education infrastructure,
it has not uniformly kept in tune with the current Indian and global needs in higher
education.
The progressive outlook of Uttar Pradesh has enabled us to set up a University with
a multidisciplinary and research led character to address many of these issues,"
HCL Technologies and Shiv Nadar Foundation Chairman Shiv Nadar said.
Last year, HCL Corporation, promoted by Nadar and his family, sold a 2.5 per cent
stake in group firm HCL Technologies to raise over Rs 581 crore, the proceeds of
which were to be utilised for the Foundation.
The University is located on a 286 acre campus
in Greater Noida and Phase-I of the campus development plan would accommodate 4,000
students. When fully completed, the campus will accommodate 8,000 students, the
statement added.
The Foundation has been established by HCL founder Shiv Nadar. It focusses on philanthropic
activities in the field of education and had set up the SSN Institutions in 1996.
It runs the VidyaGyan schools and is also setting up Shiv Nadar Schools across India.
Courtesy: Economic Times
