Bennett University opens in G Noida ,another landmark near us

New Delhi: The students of Bennett University will get a taste of how things are done at some of the best institutions in the world. To deliver the “world-class” education it envisions, BU has collaborated with Georgia Institute of Technology, Babson College, Wharton School of Business and MOOC platform, EdX. Georgia Tech – as the US school is popularly called – will help design and deliver the engineering curriculum. BU (letter of intent issued by the government of UP, subject to legislative approval) will collaborate with the school also on two centres of excellence, and students will get to interact with visiting faculty. The courses being planned are computer science engineering, electronics and communication engineering and mechanical engineering.

“Technical education in India has scaled multi-fold over the last decade without over 10,000 engineering colleges producing 1.5 million engineering graduates every year. Unfortunately, the quality of education is continuously deteriorating with only 20-25% of these graduates being employable. Our partnership with Georgia Institute of Technology will bring international standards to the Indian engineering curriculum,” says BU vice-chancellor Yaj Medury.

Engineering students who are interested in striking out on their own will get a chance to polish their skills at Babson College. They will get to attend a two-week residential programme – BU’s calling it the “Startup Boot-camp” – at Babson’s Boston campus. “Students will work with faculty and students from over 10 countries to develop their entrepreneurship skills,” says a BU statement. It will also be the founding member of the “Babson Collaborative”.

For management students, BU has tied up with Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania. They will get a week’s “immersion” programme, run by Wharton Executive Education. Students will also study two credit courses in strategy and marketing for which they will get a certificate from Wharton. About 10% of the first-year management course will be done at Wharton.

For the rest, there are massively open online courses. BU is collaborating with EdX “to address the varied interests of students.” EdX – one of the most popular MOOC platforms in the world founded by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology – will be the main providers of MOOCs a part of the “blended curriculum”. “EdX will also help BU create and host courses, which will enable training for faculty and staff, as well as provide access to relevant infrastructure and features (such as Private Cohorts) that enable them,” says the statement.

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh governor Ram Naik on Sunday cleared an ordinance for setting up of Bennett University, promoted by The Times of India Group.

The Bennett University, Greater Noida Uttar Pradesh Ordinance 2016, had been sent for the governor’s approval on Saturday after the Uttar Pradesh cabinet cleared it by circulation.

“The Uttar Pradesh government is keen to invite eminent institutions and groups to set up educational skill-based institutions in the state so that youth get better education, which will open up opportunities for jobs. We have made policies to that effect. The coming of Bennett University to Uttar Pradesh is a welcome step in this direction,” said Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav.

UP’s higher education secretary Jitendra Kumar said, “Setting up Bennett University, which is of international standard, is a landmark in the state’s higher education scenario. It’s collaboration with foreign institutions will bring in quality education to Uttar Pradesh.”

The university, set up in Greater Noida, will have 13,500 students and 750 faculty at full strength, of which 300 students will begin their BTech and MBA courses in the 2016-17 session.

Bennett University has tied up with several renowned international institutions.These include Georgia Institute of Technology (US), which will partner it in designing and delivering a worldclass engineering curriculum, and edX–set up by Harvard and MIT–which will provide massive online open courses (MOOCs). Bennett and edX will also explore and test innovative approaches to learning, and support and train the faculty to create and offer next-generation online and blended learning courses.

In addition, Bennett University is also a founding member of The Babson Collaborative, launched by the US-based Babson College, globally recognised for its leadership in entrepreneurship education. The partnership will set up the Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship and “The Hatchery” –an incubator for startups–on the Bennett campus.