The Vision
Anil Agarwal, an Indian businessman, who heads the London based Vedanta Resources corporation and Naveen Patnaik, the Chief Minister of Orissa state in eastern India, had signed a memorandum of understanding to create a world class, multidisciplinary university, Vedanta University. The university, which would be entirely a not-for-profit venture, was planned to be funded from Agarwal's personal funds Sam Pitroda, the chairman of the Knowledge Commission was the choice of the first chancellor of Vedanta University. Recent reports also suggest that at least three Nobel laureates have been contracted to join the university. In July 2009, the government of Orissa passed a landmark bill to allow the massive university to be set up and function with autonomy.
The three goals of Vedanta University are in the following directions:
- Education: To provide meritorious Indian students access to world class education within India.
- Research: To conduct cutting edge research on globally relevant topics from an Asian-centric perspective.
- Society: To produce tomorrow's leaders, and to promote economic growth in the region.
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