Bennett University

Bennett University
Type Private
Established 2016
Chancellor Mr. Vineet Jain
Vice-Chancellor Dr. Raghunath K. Shevgaonkar
Registrar Col. Vijay Kumar
Location Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India
Website bennett.edu.in

Bennett University is a private interdisciplinary research university located in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh in the National Capital Region (NCR), India. Founded in 2016 by Times of India Group and established under Uttar Pradesh Act number 24 (Vide No 1402(2)/LXXIX-V-1-16-1(Ka)- 25-2016) of 2016,[1][2][3] the university has a fully residential 68-acre campus, near the proposed metro station on Noida-Greater Noida Metro Railway line.

Academic Partners

Bennett University has tied up with following international institutions for curriculum design, guest lectures by visiting faculty, immersion programs, and other academic support.

  • Georgia Institute of Technology, USA[4]
  • Cornell University Law School, USA[5]
  • Johnson Cornell University, USA[6]
  • Babson Global, USA[7]
  • edX, USA[8]
Bennett University, Greater Noida, India

Administration

  • Vice-Chancellor – Dr. Raghunath K. Shevgaonkar, Former VC of the University of Pune and Director of IIT Delhi[9]
  • Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences – Dr. Suneet Tuli, Former Dean (R&D), IIT Delhi[10][11]
  • Dean, School of Management – Dr.Rakesh K Singh, Former Guest Faculty, IIM, Calcutta [12][13]
  • Dean, School of Law – Dr. V C Vivekanandan – Former MHRD IP Chair Professor at Nalsar University & Director-Nalsar Proximate Education[14][5]
  • Head of Department, School of Media & Liberal Arts – Prof. Sunil Saxena, (Previously founder Dean, School of Communication G.D.Goenka University, Gurgaon and Director, Amity School of Communication Amity University Rajasthan[15]

Bennett University is administered by:[16][17]

  • Academic Council
  • Planning Board
  • International Advisory Council

Academic Structure and Admission

University has 4 schools and 2 centres on its campus. It offers Undergraduate, Post graduate and Ph.D. programs in the areas of Engineering, Management, Law, and Media.[18] The medium of instruction is English.

School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

The school of Engineering and Applied Sciences offers B.Tech. programs in association with Georgia Institute of Technology,USA. The specializations include Computer Science Engineering , Electronics & Communication Engineering, Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, Biotechnology, Bioinformatics and Engineering Physics.

SEAS also offers Ph.D. programs in the all its disciplines. The admission to Ph.D. program is held through a written and interview based admission test held twice a year.[18]

The school currently has the following departments:

  • Department of Computer Science Engineering[19]
  • Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering[20]
  • Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering[21]
  • Department of Mathematics[22]
  • Department of Physics[23]
  • Department of Chemistry[24]
  • Department of Civil Engineering[25]
  • Department of Biotechnology[26]

School of Management

The School of Management offers following three programs:[27]

  • BBA
  • MBA

Both BBA and MBA programs are in academic association with Johnson Cornell University, USA.[6]

School of Law

The School of Law offers two programs currently:[28]

  • 5 years BA-LLB (Hons)
  • 5 years BBA-LLB (Hons)

Both the programs are in academic collaboration with Cornell Law School, USA[5]

School of Media and Liberal Arts

The School of Media and Liberal Arts is an interdisciplinary professional school and offers following programs:[29]

Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE)

CIE in collaboration with Babson College, USA fosters an environment of innovation and entrepreneurship. The partnership has set up ‘The Bennett Hatchery", the on-campus incubator, which provides physical space, funding, training, mentoring and resources needed to start their projects.[30]

Center of Executive Education

The Center of Executive Education offers executive programs primarily focused towards personal and professional development of industry personnel.[30]

Student Clubs & Societies

University has an active student life and provides ample opportunities to students with varied interests to participate in different activities and events organized by these clubs from time to time. A few clubs active are Nomads club, Astronomy club, ISSAC club, Robotics Club, BU Pulse, SPIC MACAY among others.

Campus

The Bennett University has a completely residential 68 acre campus located from 10 km of Pari Chowk landmark of Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The campus contains administrative and academic blocks (consisting of classrooms and labs), girls and boys hostels, and sports facility. It has a supercomputer (NVIDIA),purchased through a MoU between School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and NVIDIA.[31]

CXO Series

CXO series is a periodic event where university invites industry leaders of different fields to interact and share their experience.[32] So far, the following industry seniors have visited the campus:[33][34][35]

  • Mr. Samiron Ghoshal – Sr. Partner, KPMG
  • Mr. Maneesh Sharma – Head of Strategy, Adobe India
  • Mr. Suresh Naraynan – Chairman and MD, Nestle India
  • Mr. Saugata Bhattacharya – Chief Economist, Axis Bank
  • Mr. Bikram Singh Bedia – Director and Head of India, Amazon Web Services
  • Dr. Ashima Goyal – Professor, IGIDR and member of PM Narendra Modi Economic Advisory
  • Mr. Atul Suri – Associate VP – HR and Communication, Alembic Pharmaceuticals Ltd
  • Mr. DP Singh – VP and HR Head, IBM India/South Asia
  • Dr. R. Sukumar – Founder and CEO, Optimal Strategix Group Inc
  • Mr. Aditya Chaudhri – MD – Communication, Media and Technology, Accenture India

References

  1. ↑ "Ordinances, Statutes Rules and Regulations". Bennett University.
  2. ↑ "Launch of Bennett University "a historic milestone" for the Times of India Group: Vineet Jain". economictimes.indiatimes.com. 10 August 2016.
  3. ↑ "University Grants". ugc.ac.in.
  4. ↑ "Georgia Tech partners with Bennett University for providing world-class B.Tech Program in India". 6 May 2016 – via The Economic Times.
  5. 1 2 3 "Bennett University partners with Cornell Law School for BBA+LLB". 1 June 2017 – via The Economic Times.
  6. 1 2 "Bennett University ties up with Cornell B-School". The Times of India.
  7. ↑ "Bennett University ties up with Babson Global". The Times of India.
  8. ↑ "Bennett University signs pact with edX to provide online courses". 4 March 2018 – via The Economic Times.
  9. ↑ "Shevgaonkar is new V-C of Bennett University". 4 March 2018 – via The Economic Times.
  10. ↑ "Bennett University gets notified". 8 August 2016 – via The Economic Times.
  11. ↑ "Dr. Suneet Tuli". Bennett University.
  12. ↑ "Professor, School of Management,Bennett University, India" – via Google Scholar.
  13. ↑ "Dr.Rakesh K Singh". Bennett University.
  14. ↑ "Dr. V. C. Vivekanandan". Bennett University.
  15. ↑ "Mr. Sunil Saxena". Bennett University.
  16. ↑ "Leadership". Bennett University.
  17. ↑ "Bennett University" (PDF). bennett.edu.in.
  18. 1 2 "Admission". Bennett University.
  19. ↑ "Computer Science and Engineering College have best Syllabus in Greater Noida (Delhi NCR) – Bennett University".
  20. ↑ "Electronics and Communications Engineering". Bennett University.
  21. ↑ "Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering". Bennett University.
  22. ↑ "Mathematics". Bennett University.
  23. ↑ "Physics". Bennett University.
  24. ↑ "Chemistry". Bennett University.
  25. ↑ "Civil Engineering". Bennett University.
  26. ↑ "Biotechnology". Bennett University.
  27. ↑ "School of Management - Best Management Schools in India - Management College in Greater Noida". Bennett University.
  28. ↑ "School of Law". Bennett University.
  29. ↑ "School of Media And Liberal Arts". Bennett University.
  30. 1 2 "Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship". Bennett University.
  31. ↑ "Bennett University gets artificial intelligence boost with super computer". The Times of India.
  32. ↑ "Bennett University School of Management to start CXO series". 17 September 2017 – via The Economic Times.
  33. ↑ "'Data can be used to change customer behaviour, too'". 26 October 2017 – via The Economic Times.
  34. ↑ "Bennett University launches CXO Series with Nestle India's MD Suresh Narayanan". 20 September 2017 – via The Economic Times.
  35. ↑ "Bennett University hosts Ashima Goyal in CXO Series". 13 November 2017 – via The Economic Times.

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