Plaksha University: A New Idea of What a Tech University Could Be
This webinar is a part of an Innovative Universities Webinar Series.
Plaksha University is a private university in Mohali, Punjab, India that aims to create a new-generation technology university. The university began as an idea among a small group of friends - corporate leaders and entrepreneurs - more than a decade ago, and they became founders of the university. With time, the group grew to 150+ founders, changemakers, and corporate donors supporting the university and embodying the collective-philanthropy-and-collective-governance model, unique to the Indian higher education system.
Plaksha combines interdisciplinary technical education (we found emphases on communication and design particularly interesting), an institution-wide entrepreneurial mindset, and an intent to address grand challenges through academia-industry collaboration.
What does it mean to be a tech university in the 2020s? Can students truly contribute to addressing global challenges, or does it remain only a fascinating intellectual exercise? We will discuss these questions and more with Prof. Rudra Pratap, the Founding Vice Chancellor of Plaksha University.
Prof. Rudra Pratap – Founding Vice Chancellor, Plaksha University
Prof. Rudra Pratap is the Founding Vice Chancellor of Plaksha University. Prior to joining Plaksha University, he served as the Deputy Director of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, where he established the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering. Prof Pratap holds a BTech (Hons) degree from IIT Kharagpur, an MS from the University of Arizona, and a PhD from Cornell University.
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