The Hindustan | April 25, 2011 | Vivek Sinha
Shiv Nadar, the founder chairman of software major HCL Technologies, announced on Monday that he would set up a research-led multidisciplinary university at Greater Noida, a satellite town of Delhi. The Shiv Nadar University, named after the IT billionaire, marks the germination of an idea that was incubated five years ago in the mind of Nadar, who thought of the concept in his zest to make a creative difference in India’s educational system.
“The University will be endowment-led, research-driven with multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary approach,” Nadar told Hindustan Times. The total endowment would be R1,000 crore. Education is not a virgin territory for Nadar.
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