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NEW AGE PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES (WEST)

Estb. Prime focus Students Remarks

NMIMS, Mumbai 2003 Multidisciplinary — Engineering, Science & 17,000 India #3*
Technology, Management, Law, Design Maharashtra #1
Symbiosis International 2002 Multidisciplinary — Management, Media & 21,000 India #7
Deemed University, Pune Communications, International Business Maharashtra #2
Jagran Lakecity University, 2013 Multidisciplinary — Business & Management, Law, 2,500 Madhya Pradesh #1
Bhopal Journalism, Liberal Arts
Marwadi University, Rajkot 2016 Multidisciplinary — Engineering & Technology, 1,700 Gujarat #2
Management, Law
Amity University, Raipur 2014 Multidisciplinary 3,000 Chhattisgarh #1
Dr. CV Raman University, 2006 Multidisciplinary — Engineering, IT, Management, 12,000 Chhattisgarh #2
Bilaspur Law, Pharmacy
Nirma University, 2003 Multidisciplinary — Architecture, Commerce, 10,000 Gujarat #1
Ahmedabad Management, Law, Design
Dhirubhai Ambani Institute 2001 Engineering & Technology — ICT NA India #5
of Information & Agriculture, Data Science, Design Gujarat #1 (engineering)
Communication
Technology, Gandhinagar
ICFAI University 2008 Multidisciplinary — Management, Technology, NA Jharkhand #1
Jharkhand, Ranchi Business, Law
Rabindranath Tagore 2010 Multidisciplinary — Agriculture, Law, Management, 3,000 Madhya Pradesh #3
University, Bhopal Humanities
Ahmedabad University 2009 Social Sciences & Management 3,183 Gujarat #7
Anant National University, 2016 Design — Architecture, Design, Visual Arts 1,000
Ahmedabad
Parul University, Vadodara 2009 Multidisciplinary — Business, Law, Engineering, 45,000 Gujarat #6
Agriculture, Pharmacy
* EW India Higher Education Rankings 2022-23

qualified commerce graduate of Mum- Way out in the rural hinterland of an English and comparative litera-
bai University and IIM-Ahmedabad, Bihar, a new Nalanda University ture postgrad of Osmania University
who has enabled introduction of new (NU) — successor of the ancient Uni- and former vice chancellor (2012-17)
innovative programmes in Nagindas versity of Nalanda which was a global of the highly-respected English and
Khandwala, B.K. Birla College (Kaly- centre of learning in the 5th century Foreign Languages University, Hyder-
an) and Ramanand Arya DAV College, — promoted by the Central govern- abad, appointed vice chancellor of NU
autonomous colleges affiliated with ment in collaboration with 17 Asian in 2017 is satisfied with the progress
Mumbai University. The first batch of countries and “envisaged as an icon of of this monumental project for which
500 graduates of these courses have the new Asian renaissance: a creative the Centre has allocated Rs.900 crore
been “readily accepted” by industry, space that will be for future genera- over the past five years.
adds Sharma. tions a center of inter-civilisational di- “Five years ago, the 455-acre NU
NEP 2020 is not only likely to give alogue”, is assuming shape and form. campus in Rajgir housed two porta
a new lease of life to state universi- NU has had a slow start because of po- cabins. Today our sustainable ecology
ties but also to the country’s 45 Cen- litical and funding problems — includ- campus with a built-up area of 2.25
tral government varsities which after ing the resignation in 2015 of founding million sq. ft is 95 percent complete
decades of infantalisation, have been chancellor and economics Nobel Lau- and 250 students of our 700 regis-
awarded substantial latitude to enter reate Dr. Amartya Sen, citing “political tered students from 32 countries are
into foreign academic and research interference in academic matters”. on campus in globally benchmarked
collaborations. However, Dr. Suanaina Singh, residential accommodation. More-

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