The Hindu Business Line : NIIT University ready to take off

The university aims to provide industry-linked, technology-based, research-driven, seamless education. Spread over 100 acres at the foothills of Aravali Range at Neemrana, the university offers B.Tech programmes in Computer Science and Engineering, Information and Communication Technology and Biotechnology; M.Tech Programmes in Computer Science and Engineering, Information and Communication Technology, Bioinformatics and educational technology. It also offers PhD programs.

It will shortly offer MBA courses in marketing, finance, information systems, and human resources management.

“We have drawn up a ten-year roadmap . At the end of ten years, we will have 5,000 residential students,” said Mr Rajendra S. Pawar, Founder of NIIT University and Chairman of NIIT Ltd.

It hopes to have 600 faculty and 150 administrative staff at the end of the ten years.

Green tunnel

One of the highlights of the new campus is the 1.6 km long earth-air tunnel, which provides an energy-efficient comfort cooling system, minimising carbon footprint. The tunnel will eventually be 16 km long, making it among the largest maze of earth-air tunnels in the world.

“It will lead to tremendous cost-saving apart from the environmental benefits. The operating costs will come down by half or by two-thirds,” Mr Pawar said.

The university has roped in Dr Rajeev Shorey as its first President. Dr Shorey earlier worked with General Motors India Science Laboratory.

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