Far from the madding crowd of Calcutta and its suburbs, the Academy of Technology (AOT) at Adisaptagram in Hooghly district has joined the top league of tech schools in Bengal within seven years of its inception. Its remarkable piece of architecture, which is spread over 10 acres and blends with lush green, is close to [...]

AMERICAN university OF SHARJAH, united arab emirates Tall palm trees give way to a large domed building accentuated with Arabic motifs. As you step into this building — the premises of the American University of Sharjah (AUS) — you will be impressed by the beautiful blend of Islamic architecture and modern building techniques. Here domes [...]

Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar .. What started as a management institute on three acres of land, has now become a sprawling 600-acre campus with programmes in fields from botany to fashion technology. Located at the mouth of Jalandhar city, the university is hard to miss. Lovely Professional University (LPU) is a place full of options [...]

PRAXIS BUSINESS SCHOOL, CALCUTTA Located on the outskirts of Calcutta in 24-Parganas (S), the Praxis Business School (PBS) stands out from the very first glance. The institute’s towering presence is in contrast to the small shops and greenery all round. PBS (www.praxis.ac.in) currently offers a single course — a postgraduate programme in business management (PGPBM). [...]

Over the years, B-Schools have witnessed an increase in terms of enrolment by engineers. However, while engineers are getting absorbed in managerial jobs, the core-engineering sector is facing a manpower deficit. In order to address this problem the Delhi Technical University (DTU) has started a programme to hone the managerial skills of engineers while keeping [...]

Located in the heart of Calcutta’s IT hub in Salt Lake’s Sector V, IBS Calcutta is a constituent of Icfaian Foundation, a Hyderabad-based non-governmental organisation. Its campus, scattered around three different buildings close to the landmark Infinity building, is unlike most education institutes. …………… “The look and feel of the institute is corporate. After all, [...]

All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health, Calcutta The All India Institute of Hygiene and Public Health (AIIHPH), Calcutta, was established by the Government of India in 1932 with assistance from the Rockefeller Foundation. This makes it one of the oldest public health organisations in Asia. Housed in an imposing pink building on busy [...]

Mudra  Institute of  Communication, Ahmedabad Started in 1991, the Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad (Mica), has created a niche for itself as a premier communication management school in the country. “We have been complementing the role that management education plays in modernising and professionalising communications-driven business,” says Arbind Sinha, director. Mica offers a two-year postgraduate [...]

…………………………….. ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE OF INDIA, GANDHINAGAR Set up in 1983 in Gandhinagar in Gujarat, the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDI) has been shaping the lives of men and women and helping them dream big. “We always tell our students not to look for jobs but to generate employment,” says Dinesh Awasthi, director. “If [...]

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH &  NEUROSCIENCES, BANGALORE The objective of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (Nimhans), Bangalore — India’s leading educational institute and hospital in the field of neurosciences, psychiatry, and psychology — is not only to discourage the concept of putting the mentally ill in asylums but also to promote [...]