Catering to the needs of students in Himachal Pradesh, Maharaja Agrasen Technical Educational Society, the sponsor of Maharaja Agrasen University (MAU), is setting up a campus in the Solan district near Baddi.
"The state government of Himachal Pradesh has accorded great importance to education, particularly higher technical and professional education. The state government created a hub at village Kallujhanda in the name of the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to facilitate setting up of many private universities. That is where the university will be set up so that it is easily accessible from Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali and also from Delhi. This way, the university can cater to the needs of technical and professional education of students from Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, and Uttarakhand," says Nand Kishore Garg, chancellor, Maharaja Agrasen University.
In the inaugural year 2013-14, the university will launch academic programmes under four faculties : technology, architecture and design, business and management and law.
The BTech courses would be in the civil, mechanical, electrical and electronics, computer science and electronics and communication engineering (approved by AICTE).
"Besides that, we will have BCom, BCom (H), BBA, MBA and MBA (travel and tourism). We are entering into agreements with several prestigious foreign universities (like Leicester of UK, Auburn of Alabama, US and others) for twinning programmes and one or two semester exchanges," he informs.
MAU will employ faculty with the qualification laid down by the UGC and other relevant regulatory authorities.
"We will have guest teachers from prestigious universities, research establishments, industry, etc. Also there will be provision for e-classrooms wherein students would interact with the faculty from India and aboard through video conferencing," says Garg.
They will follow the semester system and the examination /evaluation shall be through comprehensive continuous assessment (CCA) i.e. 25% internal assessment and 75% written examinations. "The university will provide fee concessions to deserving, needy and meritorious students," concludes Garg.
Source : T.O.I , 10th June 2013
"The state government of Himachal Pradesh has accorded great importance to education, particularly higher technical and professional education. The state government created a hub at village Kallujhanda in the name of the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to facilitate setting up of many private universities. That is where the university will be set up so that it is easily accessible from Chandigarh, Panchkula, Mohali and also from Delhi. This way, the university can cater to the needs of technical and professional education of students from Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, and Uttarakhand," says Nand Kishore Garg, chancellor, Maharaja Agrasen University.
In the inaugural year 2013-14, the university will launch academic programmes under four faculties : technology, architecture and design, business and management and law.
The BTech courses would be in the civil, mechanical, electrical and electronics, computer science and electronics and communication engineering (approved by AICTE).
"Besides that, we will have BCom, BCom (H), BBA, MBA and MBA (travel and tourism). We are entering into agreements with several prestigious foreign universities (like Leicester of UK, Auburn of Alabama, US and others) for twinning programmes and one or two semester exchanges," he informs.
MAU will employ faculty with the qualification laid down by the UGC and other relevant regulatory authorities.
"We will have guest teachers from prestigious universities, research establishments, industry, etc. Also there will be provision for e-classrooms wherein students would interact with the faculty from India and aboard through video conferencing," says Garg.
They will follow the semester system and the examination /evaluation shall be through comprehensive continuous assessment (CCA) i.e. 25% internal assessment and 75% written examinations. "The university will provide fee concessions to deserving, needy and meritorious students," concludes Garg.
Source : T.O.I , 10th June 2013
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