- The APU will be an institution of excellence in the area of education to develop outstanding education thinkers & leaders, and also serve as a think tank for long-term education change and sustainable development. Akin to the IITs, AIIMS, IIMs and the NLSUI respectively focussed on Science & Technology, Medicine, Management and Law, the APU will in effect be an IIE focussed on Education.
- The APU’s vision is to promote, conceptualize and create a paradigm shift through development of outstanding leadership, research, knowledge and ideas for education and allied development sectors.
- The objectives of the APU include
- Creating Intellectual Capital: through research based theory and outstanding, creative and socially committed leaders and thinkers. Expand the frontiers of knowledge in education and allied disciplines
- Practice informed by sound theory: Serve as a national education resource center and present an alternative authentic voice for educational and social change
- Demonstrating models for effective development of teachers and education leaders
- The APU has been set up through a section 25 company and will be autonomous and self-funded with no dependency on funds from the Karnataka Government.
- The Azim Premji University Ordinance 2009, was passed by the Karnataka Government in November 2009.
- The APU is being set up on 50 acres of land in Sarjapur, near Bangalore. The land is being provided by the section 25 company, which is acquiring it directly from the owners.
- It will be a fully residential university.
- The APU will not be aiming to recover all its expenditure from tuition fees. Any budgetary gap between income and expenditure will be bridged by funds provided by Section 25 company being established by Azim Premji.
- The first students will join the university in 2011. The APU will start by offering masters level courses and eventually also run a Ph.D. program.
Karnataka passes an ordinance for Azim Premji University in Bangalore
November 17th, 2009
Following is an excerpt from the blog entry at Education-In-India.
Details about the Azim Premji University
… some details about the Azim Premji University (APU).
Two lessons from the above:
1. Orissa should move fast on Vedanta University so that it does not lose the first movers advantage to efforts like above that are also backed by people with deep pockets.
2. Orissa should push the upgradation of the existing five Regional Institutes of Education (one of which is in Bhubaneswar) to National Institutes of Education.
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1. stingidea | November 18th, 2009 at 1:15 am
We Oriyas never learn from history. With every passing day I am more and more convinced that Vedanta University will not be allowed to take off. The state government is good at announcing grandiose plans but when it comes to implementing them it’s record is pathetic. The list goes on and on – Posco, ArcelorMittal, Vedanta University, Tata Steel…The only light at the end of the tunnel seems to be the Dhamra project which is relatively better off. Now with the mining scam I am at my cynical best, as an economist put is Orissa is cursed because of it’s resources, just like many countries in Africa.
Inspite of the rant, on a more optimistic note there is hope. How else could Bhubaneswar manage to get an IIT.
2. Ajaya Sahu | November 18th, 2009 at 2:35 am
Suresh Senapaty- Executive Director & CFO of Wipro is the chief mentor to Mr. Azim Premji. Odisha government should approach Mr. Suresh Senapaty / Azim Premji for opening such kind of institution / University in Odisha.
Being an Odia person Mr. Senapaty will have some kind of thought to the mother land Odisha and this may be possible if approached to them in a proper way!!!
3. Odia Dude | November 18th, 2009 at 10:05 am
We have everything in our state. Mother nature has gifted us with plenty of natural resources including forests, rivers and minerals. We are blessed with a long coastline and we’ve the best beaches in India. We have a strong and unique culture, arts, music, folk dance and ofcourse the odia recipes. An yet we are poor and neglected. Whom to blame for this? Its us , the people of odisha. We never feel proud of our culture. So much so I’ve seen people hesitate to talk in odia with felloe odias infront of non-odias. Our people are happy and contented souls who belive in “Khai Soyile Badhai Ayu”. Its time to wake up and be pro-active. If you look at the succesful nations such as USA,France,Britain, Germany to name , they are succesful because of their swabhiman.
Its time to bring on the “ODIA SWABHIMAN” among us and fight for the issues that have plagued our state whether its corruption, mining scam,
uncontrolled migration from our neighbouring states which is leading to law and order situation in our state.