Hyderabad Higher Education Updates - Page 5

rockystone · April 7th, 2011, 02:01 PM

Premji Foundation to open school of education in Hyderabad

The Azim Premji Foundation, promoted by IT bellwether Wipro's chairman Azim Premji, Wednesday tied up with Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to set up a school of education at the latter's campus in Hyderabad for offering degrees and other related programmes.

The foundation will provide financial support to the new school for infrastructure, programmes and to conduct research in the field of education.

"Improving quality of education must be one of the country's key goals. We think this task needs organisations, which have shared vision to collaborate. We are honoured to collaborate with TISS, a pioneering institution on social issues," foundation chief executive Dileep Ranjekar said in a statement here.

To become operational in the next two years, the Azim Premji School of Education (APSE) will leverage the work being carried at the 75-year-old Tata Institute and Azim Premji University, being set up by the foundation in Bangalore.

"The Azim Premji University is uniquely focused on education and development. Our collaboration with the foundation will strengthen both the institutions, towards the goal of improving education in the country," TISS director S. Parasuraman said.

Both institutions believe the joint new initiative would need a large cadre of capable and committed education sector professionals and experts, as well as pursuit of high quality research, relevant for India.

The Azim Premji University will commence the new academic year (2011-12) in July with three post-graduate programmes - Master of Arts (MA) in education and development and Master's in teacher education.

rockystone · April 11th, 2011, 09:03 AM

TISS to open vocational training institutes on three campuses

To impart skills in several areas ranging from the traditional to the emerging, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) will start community polytechnic or training institutes on its Tuljapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad campuses.

“The idea is to develop large centres on various campuses of the institute that can eventually run like universities. In places like Germany, vocational training is imparted from school onwards. However, very little attempt has been made in this direction in our country. We cannot ignore the huge need for trained/skilled personnel in so many professions today. We’ll attempt to bridge the demand-supply gap,” TISS director Prof S Parasuraman said.

He said the skill development centres would cater to a cross-section of the society, including women, uneducated youth and traditional artisans. “We will particularly focus on people from the disadvantaged communities. A thorough assessment of the needs will be made while formulating the curriculum.” The centres will commence this year. The institute, which turns 75 this year, has no plans to start a campus abroad, and instead wants to focus on areas where there is a need for quality institutions/centres and skilled personnel.

bhag · April 20th, 2011, 09:09 AM

ICSI to set up knowledge centre in Hyderabad

Hyderabad: The Institute of Company Secretaries of India has decided to house a world-class knowledge centre in Hyderabad by the end of 2012.
The company has already purchased nearly 1.3 acres of land from APIIC at Uppal industrial area at a cost of Rs 3 crore, ICSI secretary and CEO NK Jain said here on Tuesday. The knowledge centre, to be put up on lines of ICSI’s Centre for Corporate Governance, Research and Training set up in Mumbai in 1999, will be a full-fledged campus housing facilities for boarding and lodging, conferencing, innovation, classrooms, auditoriums, library among other things. It will be a world-class knowledge centre in terms of academic input, resources, training and development for managers and directors of corporates. It will have top-notch faculty not just from India but from abroad as well, Jain said. According to Jain, ICSI had zeroed in on Hyderabad, despite the taint of the Satyam scam, for the ambitious project because the city had emerged as a major hub for the IT/ITeS sector and had the latest in terms of infrastructure.
“The centre will be strategically located and we will be getting into tie-ups with various companies in the city to offer training programmes even as the centre will focus on training independent directors,” he explained. Meanwhile, ICSI is also targeting overseas markets like CIS countries, Latin America and Africa and plans to open offices there to train company secretaries as well as facilitate the movement of Indian company secretaries to those nations.

rockystone · April 29th, 2011, 03:56 PM

Symbiosis Hyd campus to be ready by next year

source :http://www.sify.com/finance/symbiosi...3blbahbhj.html

Symbiosis International University, Pune, which is setting up its campus near Hyderabad to initially offer business management courses, said it would gradually develop it into an independent university once the private universities Bill is enacted.

Vidya Yeravdekar, principal director of Symbiosis Society, which governs the university, today met chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and informed him about Symbiosis’ plans.

She told the chief minster that the university had secured all the approvals for its proposed campus and would complete the construction in the next 16 months. The government has allotted 40 acres to Symbiosis at Mamidipally village in Kothur mandal of Mahboobnagar district adjacent to the campus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).

The university management is expected to spend Rs 75-80 crore to build the campus, according to state officials. Considered as one of the premier private universities in the country, Symbiosis plans to add other disciplines, including Law school, in a phased manner and apply for university status once the state enacts the private universities law, Vidya, who is the daughter of Symbiosis founder SB Majumdar and also a member of University Grants Commission, informed the chief minister.

The university currently has four campuses in Pune, Bangalore, Noida and Nashik.

kdlara007 · May 9th, 2011, 08:33 PM

Does any body have construction updates on IIT Hyderabad campus in Medak district?

rockystone · May 15th, 2011, 08:11 AM

IMT one of the best B-school in india is going to start new beginning with hyderabad campus this year...
u can see their campus pics here

http://www.imthyderabad.edu.in/campus.aspx

Cosmicbliss · May 15th, 2011, 11:33 AM

http://articles.timesofindia.indiati...n-universities

Georgia Tech varsity campuses in AP may remain only on paper
May 11, 2011, 04.38am IST
HYDERABAD: The long-awaited campuses of Georgia Institute of Technology in Hyderabad and Vizag might remain only on paper with the varsity authorities and the state government reconsidering the deal that was signed in 2007.

Georgia Tech signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government to set up two campuses in the state. A 250-acre plot was allotted to the university at Shamshabad for the Hyderabad campus and another 70-acre plot was earmarked for its campus in Vizag.

Now, in a clear indication of the university's disinterest in the venture, authorities said they would wait for Parliament to pass the foreign universities Bill before taking a final decision on setting up an offshore campus in the state. In an e-mail response to TOI queries, the university authorities also said that the 250-acre land near Shamshabad was too far from "primary high technology parks within Hyderabad" and thus unsuitable for a campus. "Appropriate business model has been difficult to implement because of neutral economic climate," a spokesperson said.

The state government has sensed the disinterest and is reconsidering a better use of the land allotted to Georgia Tech. "We could use the same land for several other purposes including innovation universities which have world class status," said an official from higher education department. The state government has also appointed a committee to study the viability of the project given the long delay.

In 2009, Georgia Tech authorities had committed to start operations in the state by autumn, 2010. However, the university's responses to TOI queries indicated the plan was shelved and the varsity was more interested in other collaborations including setting up of innovation universities. In an attempt to buy more time, the university authorities have asked the state and central governments to be "patient with their initiatives". "We are waiting for the passage of foreign universities Bill to initiate educational programmes" said a spokesperson of the university.

While the institute is not so keen on starting their operations soon, they have not completely given up on its academic ties with Andhra Pradesh. University spokesperson Lisa Ray Grovenstein said the varsity is thinking of starting distance education courses in India. This would help students who are already enrolled in the university's Atlanta campus to study in India. About 40% of the students in the university are from Andhra Pradesh. The university has also tied up with industries and academic institutions such as IIT in the state.

Cosmicbliss · May 15th, 2011, 11:35 AM

http://www.tiss.edu/lefttop/jobs-ten...ulty-positions

Shows TISS has invited applications for its Hyderabad campus.

kdlara007 · May 17th, 2011, 04:55 AM

It's good to see top institutes like TISS, Symbiosis,(both coming up in Mamidipally village of Mahaboobnagar dist.) XLRI(Jawahar nagar, Near BITS Hyderabad, Ranga reddy dist.) NMIMS(Jadcherla, Mahaboobnagar dist.) IMT Ghaziabad (Cherlaguda, Rangareddy dist.)and TIFR(Near University of Hyderabad) all coming up in AP.
Among these, TISS, Symbiosis, NMIMS, IMT have already started their operations from temporary campuses in Hyderabad. And TIFR is gonna start it's activities in a few months from now.

Ron7 · May 17th, 2011, 06:47 AM

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Originally Posted by kdlara007

It's good to see top institutes like TISS, Symbiosis,(both coming up in Mamidipally village of Mahaboobnagar dist.) XLRI(Jawahar nagar, Near BITS Hyderabad, Ranga reddy dist.) NMIMS(Jadcherla, Mahaboobnagar dist.) IMT Ghaziabad (Cherlaguda, Rangareddy dist.)and TIFR(Near University of Hyderabad) all coming up in AP.
Among these, TISS, Symbiosis, NMIMS, IMT have already started their operations from temporary campuses in Hyderabad. And TIFR is gonna start it's activities in a few months from now.

what about the Satellite campus of IIM Ahmadabad which was planned for 150 acres in Hyderabad? Any slim chances of getting that? It would be a big fillip to the education in Hyderabad as we wil become first city in India to get IIM & IIT!!!! Hope something good comes out soon....

kdlara007 · May 17th, 2011, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ron7

what about the Satellite campus of IIM Ahmadabad which was planned for 150 acres in Hyderabad? Any slim chances of getting that? It would be a big fillip to the education in Hyderabad as we wil become first city in India to get IIM & IIT!!!! Hope something good comes out soon....

Last year, The board of directors of IIM-A decided to set up campus in Hyderabad. After that there are absolutely no developments on this from either IIM-A side or AP government side.
What the hell is Mr. CM doing man? Infact, YSR was instrumental in getting almost all the top institutes I mentioned in the above post, to Hyd.

And absolutely no developments on IISc. campus in Ananthapur.

This government is good for nothing.

Cosmicbliss · May 18th, 2011, 07:07 AM

IISC campus is coming up in Chitradurga, Karnataka. They have acquired 1,000 acres of land for that.

kdlara007 · May 18th, 2011, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Cosmicbliss

IISC campus is coming up in Chitradurga, Karnataka. They have acquired 1,000 acres of land for that.

Ya. You r right but that's their second campus. The one proposed in Ananthapur is third.

Chitradurga will house second IISc campus; Anantpur third

Published: Tuesday, Apr 27, 2010, 8:19 IST
By DNA | Place: Bangalore | Agency: DNA

The proposed campus of India’s number one science school at Anantpur in Andhra Pradesh is likely to be the third campus, not the second, as mentioned by Union minister for human resources development Kapil Sibal last week, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) clarified on Monday.

“The campus coming up at Chitradurga, is the second one,” said the public relations officer of IISc, V Tilagam. The proposal of a campus at Anantpur in Andhra Pradesh was still in the initial stages, she said. Hence it was likely to be the third one, she added.

A letter from Sibal to the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh mooted the idea of extending the presence of IISc to the neighbouring state. He had mentioned in the letter that the formalities like Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for taking up land and time-frame for building basic infrastructure were being worked out.

Media reports of a second IISc campus in Andhra Pradesh even prompted chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to clarify that the 2,000-acre second campus at Chitradurga district in Kundapur village was not being moved out to Anantpur. Sources at IISc here said that the institute had been receiving requests from the central and Andhra Pradesh governments to set up a campus for three years now.

“Since there was an enthusiastic request from the governments, a team from IISc visited two sites in Anantpur. That does not mean we are going to set up a campus anytime soon. We took 100 years to build IISc to what it is today. Expansion is no child’s play,” said a top scientist.
At Chitradurga campus, the 2,000-acre land to house the second has been taken over by the IISc.“Work is in full swing,” the scientist said.
Recent reports have revealed that the IISc plans the construction of a ‘synchrotron’ — a large and high-energy electron-accelerator, which is used as a tool in several streams of scientific research — at the Chitradurga campus.

Got a link confirming this.
: http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/repo...-third_1376024

truckin · May 19th, 2011, 07:40 PM

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That does not mean we are going to set up a campus anytime soon.

Wow! True Govt. employee speak! Be a scientist, IAS or any other. This is their motto.

Cosmicbliss · May 19th, 2011, 08:09 PM

When IIsc has 1,000+ acres of land in Chitradurga why will they need a third campus in Anantapur? It takes time to build up a campus, get good faculty, students and other personnel. Funds too take time to raise and then spend.

Dr. YSR did well to attract top-notch institutes to set up campuses in Hyderabad and its vicinity. In fact, many good quality institutes are going to set up campuses in other parts of AP too. For example:

CMC Vellore-Chitoor
Fergusson College-Chitoor
SPA-Vijaywada
BARC-Vizag

The current government should realize the huge benefits from so many good quality institutes setting up in Hyderabad. It will take time for them to build up campuses, hire faculty and so on but in the end Hyderabad will create a huge highly skilled talent pool of good students and faculty from all over India. This will over a period also attract companies eying this talent pool. The current government should make a list of 10-20 good quality colleges and invite them to have their campuses in Hyderabad.

Ron7 · June 4th, 2011, 07:07 PM

Finally some good news!!!!

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Source : The Chief Minister also directed the authorities to identify land in city and also in Visakhapatnam to hand it over to the Centre for setting up Indian Institute of Management.

stormmaker · June 9th, 2011, 05:57 PM

GMR, Schulich Biz School sign agreement for H'bad campus

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Hyderabad, Jun 9 (PTI)The work on setting up the campus of Schulich School of Business of York University, at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here may start next month, a senior official of GMR Group which runs the airport said. The official said there was a formal signing-in ceremony between the B-School officials and GMR Varalakshmi Foundation a social arm of the Group today. "GMR Group will establish facilities and residences for some 320 students, both Indian and international. Admissions will start from 2013. GMR is spending USD25-million to build the campus as part of a USD500-million commercial and community development near the city's airport," the official said. The Schulich School of Business, a non-profit institution, will initially offer its two-year MBA programme to 120 students at the Hyderabad campus, along with Executive Education programmes. Under the agreement, Schulich will develop the learning environment and academic infrastructure while the GMR Group will provide land and the physical campus. It will be the first full-fledged campus of top-ranked international business school in India. Meanwhile G M RAo, chairman of the group will be awarded an honorary doctorate from Schulich School of Business on June 10.

ygvjs2000 · June 10th, 2011, 02:29 AM

very good news.

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Originally Posted by stormmaker

GMR, Schulich Biz School sign agreement for H'bad campus

Cosmicbliss · June 26th, 2011, 03:10 PM

http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cm-to-ope...39-60-121.html

CM to open NMIMS campus on July 9
HYDERABAD: Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will inaugurate the Hyderabad campus of Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) at Tarnaka on July 9.

The institute is run by the Mumbai-based charitable trust Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal and is ranked fourth among top business schools in the country and also has a A+++ rating by CRISIL.

According to a release, NMIMS will run from a state-of-the-art 55,000 sq feet campus and offer a management programme for executives (MPE) and two-year full-time post graduate diploma in management.

Further, NMIMS will set up a sprawling campus in a 90-acre land sanctioned by the state government at Jadcherla in Mahboobnagar over the next two years. The management plans to invest `35 crore in the first phase with plans of rolling out engineering and pharmacy courses.

Cosmicbliss · June 26th, 2011, 03:12 PM

http://articles.timesofindia.indiati...ras-iit-bombay
IIT-H, students' last choice
Nikhila Henry, TNN Jun 16, 2011, 01.15am IST
HYDERABAD: Three years after its inception, IIT-Hyderabad remains one of the least preferred Indian Institutes of Technology in the country. While several state students figure in the top 1000 in IIT-JEE exams every year, the starting and closing ranks of candidates at IIT-H for the past two years range between 1,600 and 2,916.

It is not just the older IITs like Bombay and Madras that are preferred over IIT-H, even new IITs set up in 2008 like Patna and Mandi are opted by more students than IIT-Hyderabad. Most of the top 100 rank holders opt for Bombay, Roorkee and Madras. Among the new IITs, IIT-Patna and Mandi are catching up, bagging students with top ranks ranging between 985 and 1,500.

In 2009, the highest JEE rank on IIT-H campus was 1,159 and in 2010 the top rank dropped to 1,715. While counselling for admissions to IITs this year will go on until the third week of June, sources say that the highest rank this year too would be around 1,500.

Rank holders from the state said that they are not aware of the quality of education offered in the institute that does not even have a permanent campus. "When you think of IITs in the south it is IIT-Madras you would want to join. IIT-Hyderabad has not established itself as a premier institute," said Shaimak Reddy, the second rank holder in IIT-JEE. IIT officials stated that just about five to 10 per cent of the students from the state opt for IIT-Hyderabad.

Infact, students who have taken admission in IIT-H admit it was one of their last choices. "My first choice was IIT-Bombay and IIT-H was my second last choice, the last being IIT-Gandhinagar," said a student of IIT-H, whose not-so-good JEE rank got him a seat in IIT-H. The students complained that the institute has not tried to build its image in the past two years. "IIT-H, academically is doing well. It had started even student exchange programmes in collaboration with foreign countries. But the institute does little to promote its image unlike some of the IITs from the north," said a third year student, who said that he was worried that the low brand value of the institute might affect placements.

The administration also does not seem in any hurry to bring about changes, sources from the higher education department said. While the state government had allotted land in Kandi village in Medak district for the IIT, the institution has not started construction of buildings yet. IIT-H has recruited about 70 per cent of its staff, but the remaining 30 per cent slots are filled by faculty from IIT-Madras, the mentor institution. Ironically, the state led by former chief minister late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy had lobbied much with the ministry of human resource development (MHRD) to get an IIT of its own.

IIT officials, however, seemed optimistic about the institute's future. "Every institute has teething troubles. We are doing better than many IITs set up and we hope to do better," a Chennai-based faculty member of the university said. The director, of the institute, U B Desai was, however, not available for comment.

May 9th, 2011, 08:33 PM	#85
kdlara007 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 177 Likes (Received): 9	IIT Hyderabad?? Does any body have construction updates on IIT Hyderabad campus in Medak district?

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rockystone Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 557 Likes (Received): 19	IMT one of the best B-school in india is going to start new beginning with hyderabad campus this year... u can see their campus pics here http://www.imthyderabad.edu.in/campus.aspx Last edited by rockystone; May 15th, 2011 at 08:20 AM.

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April 7th, 2011, 02:01 PM	#81
rockystone Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 557 Likes (Received): 19	Premji Foundation to open school of education in Hyderabad The Azim Premji Foundation, promoted by IT bellwether Wipro's chairman Azim Premji, Wednesday tied up with Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) to set up a school of education at the latter's campus in Hyderabad for offering degrees and other related programmes. The foundation will provide financial support to the new school for infrastructure, programmes and to conduct research in the field of education. "Improving quality of education must be one of the country's key goals. We think this task needs organisations, which have shared vision to collaborate. We are honoured to collaborate with TISS, a pioneering institution on social issues," foundation chief executive Dileep Ranjekar said in a statement here. To become operational in the next two years, the Azim Premji School of Education (APSE) will leverage the work being carried at the 75-year-old Tata Institute and Azim Premji University, being set up by the foundation in Bangalore. "The Azim Premji University is uniquely focused on education and development. Our collaboration with the foundation will strengthen both the institutions, towards the goal of improving education in the country," TISS director S. Parasuraman said. Both institutions believe the joint new initiative would need a large cadre of capable and committed education sector professionals and experts, as well as pursuit of high quality research, relevant for India. The Azim Premji University will commence the new academic year (2011-12) in July with three post-graduate programmes - Master of Arts (MA) in education and development and Master's in teacher education.

April 11th, 2011, 09:03 AM	#82
rockystone Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 557 Likes (Received): 19	TISS to open vocational training institutes on three campuses To impart skills in several areas ranging from the traditional to the emerging, the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) will start community polytechnic or training institutes on its Tuljapur, Guwahati and Hyderabad campuses. “The idea is to develop large centres on various campuses of the institute that can eventually run like universities. In places like Germany, vocational training is imparted from school onwards. However, very little attempt has been made in this direction in our country. We cannot ignore the huge need for trained/skilled personnel in so many professions today. We’ll attempt to bridge the demand-supply gap,” TISS director Prof S Parasuraman said. He said the skill development centres would cater to a cross-section of the society, including women, uneducated youth and traditional artisans. “We will particularly focus on people from the disadvantaged communities. A thorough assessment of the needs will be made while formulating the curriculum.” The centres will commence this year. The institute, which turns 75 this year, has no plans to start a campus abroad, and instead wants to focus on areas where there is a need for quality institutions/centres and skilled personnel.

April 20th, 2011, 09:09 AM	#83
bhag Registered User Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 31 Likes (Received): 0	ICSI to set up knowledge centre in Hyderabad Hyderabad: The Institute of Company Secretaries of India has decided to house a world-class knowledge centre in Hyderabad by the end of 2012. The company has already purchased nearly 1.3 acres of land from APIIC at Uppal industrial area at a cost of Rs 3 crore, ICSI secretary and CEO NK Jain said here on Tuesday. The knowledge centre, to be put up on lines of ICSI’s Centre for Corporate Governance, Research and Training set up in Mumbai in 1999, will be a full-fledged campus housing facilities for boarding and lodging, conferencing, innovation, classrooms, auditoriums, library among other things. It will be a world-class knowledge centre in terms of academic input, resources, training and development for managers and directors of corporates. It will have top-notch faculty not just from India but from abroad as well, Jain said. According to Jain, ICSI had zeroed in on Hyderabad, despite the taint of the Satyam scam, for the ambitious project because the city had emerged as a major hub for the IT/ITeS sector and had the latest in terms of infrastructure. “The centre will be strategically located and we will be getting into tie-ups with various companies in the city to offer training programmes even as the centre will focus on training independent directors,” he explained. Meanwhile, ICSI is also targeting overseas markets like CIS countries, Latin America and Africa and plans to open offices there to train company secretaries as well as facilitate the movement of Indian company secretaries to those nations.

April 29th, 2011, 03:56 PM	#84
rockystone Registered User Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 557 Likes (Received): 19	Symbiosis Hyd campus to be ready by next year source :http://www.sify.com/finance/symbiosi...3blbahbhj.html Symbiosis International University, Pune, which is setting up its campus near Hyderabad to initially offer business management courses, said it would gradually develop it into an independent university once the private universities Bill is enacted. Vidya Yeravdekar, principal director of Symbiosis Society, which governs the university, today met chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and informed him about Symbiosis’ plans. She told the chief minster that the university had secured all the approvals for its proposed campus and would complete the construction in the next 16 months. The government has allotted 40 acres to Symbiosis at Mamidipally village in Kothur mandal of Mahboobnagar district adjacent to the campus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS). The university management is expected to spend Rs 75-80 crore to build the campus, according to state officials. Considered as one of the premier private universities in the country, Symbiosis plans to add other disciplines, including Law school, in a phased manner and apply for university status once the state enacts the private universities law, Vidya, who is the daughter of Symbiosis founder SB Majumdar and also a member of University Grants Commission, informed the chief minister. The university currently has four campuses in Pune, Bangalore, Noida and Nashik.

May 15th, 2011, 11:33 AM	#87
Cosmicbliss Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,295 Likes (Received): 50	http://articles.timesofindia.indiati...n-universities Georgia Tech varsity campuses in AP may remain only on paper May 11, 2011, 04.38am IST HYDERABAD: The long-awaited campuses of Georgia Institute of Technology in Hyderabad and Vizag might remain only on paper with the varsity authorities and the state government reconsidering the deal that was signed in 2007. Georgia Tech signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government to set up two campuses in the state. A 250-acre plot was allotted to the university at Shamshabad for the Hyderabad campus and another 70-acre plot was earmarked for its campus in Vizag. Now, in a clear indication of the university's disinterest in the venture, authorities said they would wait for Parliament to pass the foreign universities Bill before taking a final decision on setting up an offshore campus in the state. In an e-mail response to TOI queries, the university authorities also said that the 250-acre land near Shamshabad was too far from "primary high technology parks within Hyderabad" and thus unsuitable for a campus. "Appropriate business model has been difficult to implement because of neutral economic climate," a spokesperson said. The state government has sensed the disinterest and is reconsidering a better use of the land allotted to Georgia Tech. "We could use the same land for several other purposes including innovation universities which have world class status," said an official from higher education department. The state government has also appointed a committee to study the viability of the project given the long delay. In 2009, Georgia Tech authorities had committed to start operations in the state by autumn, 2010. However, the university's responses to TOI queries indicated the plan was shelved and the varsity was more interested in other collaborations including setting up of innovation universities. In an attempt to buy more time, the university authorities have asked the state and central governments to be "patient with their initiatives". "We are waiting for the passage of foreign universities Bill to initiate educational programmes" said a spokesperson of the university. While the institute is not so keen on starting their operations soon, they have not completely given up on its academic ties with Andhra Pradesh. University spokesperson Lisa Ray Grovenstein said the varsity is thinking of starting distance education courses in India. This would help students who are already enrolled in the university's Atlanta campus to study in India. About 40% of the students in the university are from Andhra Pradesh. The university has also tied up with industries and academic institutions such as IIT in the state.

May 15th, 2011, 11:35 AM	#88
Cosmicbliss Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,295 Likes (Received): 50	http://www.tiss.edu/lefttop/jobs-ten...ulty-positions Shows TISS has invited applications for its Hyderabad campus.

May 17th, 2011, 04:55 AM	#89
kdlara007 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 177 Likes (Received): 9	It's good to see top institutes like TISS, Symbiosis,(both coming up in Mamidipally village of Mahaboobnagar dist.) XLRI(Jawahar nagar, Near BITS Hyderabad, Ranga reddy dist.) NMIMS(Jadcherla, Mahaboobnagar dist.) IMT Ghaziabad (Cherlaguda, Rangareddy dist.)and TIFR(Near University of Hyderabad) all coming up in AP. Among these, TISS, Symbiosis, NMIMS, IMT have already started their operations from temporary campuses in Hyderabad. And TIFR is gonna start it's activities in a few months from now.

May 18th, 2011, 07:07 AM	#92
Cosmicbliss Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,295 Likes (Received): 50	IISC campus is coming up in Chitradurga, Karnataka. They have acquired 1,000 acres of land for that.

May 19th, 2011, 08:09 PM	#95
Cosmicbliss Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,295 Likes (Received): 50	When IIsc has 1,000+ acres of land in Chitradurga why will they need a third campus in Anantapur? It takes time to build up a campus, get good faculty, students and other personnel. Funds too take time to raise and then spend. Dr. YSR did well to attract top-notch institutes to set up campuses in Hyderabad and its vicinity. In fact, many good quality institutes are going to set up campuses in other parts of AP too. For example: CMC Vellore-Chitoor Fergusson College-Chitoor SPA-Vijaywada BARC-Vizag The current government should realize the huge benefits from so many good quality institutes setting up in Hyderabad. It will take time for them to build up campuses, hire faculty and so on but in the end Hyderabad will create a huge highly skilled talent pool of good students and faculty from all over India. This will over a period also attract companies eying this talent pool. The current government should make a list of 10-20 good quality colleges and invite them to have their campuses in Hyderabad.

June 26th, 2011, 03:10 PM	#99
Cosmicbliss Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,295 Likes (Received): 50	http://ibnlive.in.com/news/cm-to-ope...39-60-121.html CM to open NMIMS campus on July 9 HYDERABAD: Chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy will inaugurate the Hyderabad campus of Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies (NMIMS) at Tarnaka on July 9. The institute is run by the Mumbai-based charitable trust Shri Vile Parle Kelavani Mandal and is ranked fourth among top business schools in the country and also has a A+++ rating by CRISIL. According to a release, NMIMS will run from a state-of-the-art 55,000 sq feet campus and offer a management programme for executives (MPE) and two-year full-time post graduate diploma in management. Further, NMIMS will set up a sprawling campus in a 90-acre land sanctioned by the state government at Jadcherla in Mahboobnagar over the next two years. The management plans to invest `35 crore in the first phase with plans of rolling out engineering and pharmacy courses.

June 26th, 2011, 03:12 PM	#100
Cosmicbliss Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4,295 Likes (Received): 50	http://articles.timesofindia.indiati...ras-iit-bombay IIT-H, students' last choice Nikhila Henry, TNN Jun 16, 2011, 01.15am IST HYDERABAD: Three years after its inception, IIT-Hyderabad remains one of the least preferred Indian Institutes of Technology in the country. While several state students figure in the top 1000 in IIT-JEE exams every year, the starting and closing ranks of candidates at IIT-H for the past two years range between 1,600 and 2,916. It is not just the older IITs like Bombay and Madras that are preferred over IIT-H, even new IITs set up in 2008 like Patna and Mandi are opted by more students than IIT-Hyderabad. Most of the top 100 rank holders opt for Bombay, Roorkee and Madras. Among the new IITs, IIT-Patna and Mandi are catching up, bagging students with top ranks ranging between 985 and 1,500. In 2009, the highest JEE rank on IIT-H campus was 1,159 and in 2010 the top rank dropped to 1,715. While counselling for admissions to IITs this year will go on until the third week of June, sources say that the highest rank this year too would be around 1,500. Rank holders from the state said that they are not aware of the quality of education offered in the institute that does not even have a permanent campus. "When you think of IITs in the south it is IIT-Madras you would want to join. IIT-Hyderabad has not established itself as a premier institute," said Shaimak Reddy, the second rank holder in IIT-JEE. IIT officials stated that just about five to 10 per cent of the students from the state opt for IIT-Hyderabad. Infact, students who have taken admission in IIT-H admit it was one of their last choices. "My first choice was IIT-Bombay and IIT-H was my second last choice, the last being IIT-Gandhinagar," said a student of IIT-H, whose not-so-good JEE rank got him a seat in IIT-H. The students complained that the institute has not tried to build its image in the past two years. "IIT-H, academically is doing well. It had started even student exchange programmes in collaboration with foreign countries. But the institute does little to promote its image unlike some of the IITs from the north," said a third year student, who said that he was worried that the low brand value of the institute might affect placements. The administration also does not seem in any hurry to bring about changes, sources from the higher education department said. While the state government had allotted land in Kandi village in Medak district for the IIT, the institution has not started construction of buildings yet. IIT-H has recruited about 70 per cent of its staff, but the remaining 30 per cent slots are filled by faculty from IIT-Madras, the mentor institution. Ironically, the state led by former chief minister late Y S Rajasekhara Reddy had lobbied much with the ministry of human resource development (MHRD) to get an IIT of its own. IIT officials, however, seemed optimistic about the institute's future. "Every institute has teething troubles. We are doing better than many IITs set up and we hope to do better," a Chennai-based faculty member of the university said. The director, of the institute, U B Desai was, however, not available for comment.