Chancellor of Lancaster Varsity visits Indian Institute

Updated on: Friday, June 10, 2011

Chancellor of Lancaster University as well as the renowned mountaineer, Sir Christian Bonington CBE, visited GD Goenka World Institute of Higher Education on Friday 3rd June.

His visit marks the inclusion of three engineering programmes like Mechanical Engineering, Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems Engineering at GD Goenka World Institute of Higher Education (GDGWI).

At a public lecture and graduation dinner that evening, the first batch of students to graduate with a Lancaster University degree will also be introduced to Sir Chris.

Established in 2009, Lancaster is the first and only university to deliver higher educational qualifications at the GD Education City in India.

Lancaster Universitys world-class Management School (LUMS) currently delivers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at GD Goenka, including undergraduate economics and business economics, BBA business studies and a postgraduate diploma in business management. The MSc programmes are taught mainly by staff from Lancaster University, while the undergraduate and other courses are taught by staff from GD Goenka.

All the programmes are validated by Lancaster and students receive a Lancaster University degree.

GDGWI has been established to cater to the rising demand for quality higher education in India, to provide avenues for higher education to its students in an environment that is conducive to learning and teaching, and to produce the business leaders of the future.

During the tour of the site Sir Chris will meet Dr Vijay Gupta, Director of GDGWI, other senior staff and current masters students studying for a Lancaster University Management School degree. Later that day Sir Chris will deliver a public lecture in Delhi to key industry figures, Lancaster graduates in India, and the first ever cohort of students who graduated in January this year from Goenka with a Lancaster University degree.

Lancaster University Management School (LUMS) is one of the top 1% of business schools worldwide that is triple accredited (AACSB, EQUIS, AMBA) signifying international acclaim and world class standards of achievement across the board. Lancaster is among the few leading business schools to combine excellence in research with a student-centred campus, and a full spectrum of undergraduate, postgraduate, PhD and executive programmes. Leadership programmes for multinational companies and outreach provision for SMEs are an important part of its mission.

Mechanical Engineering at Lancaster University is rated 5th in the UK Guardian league tables.

Overseas partnerships are an important part of Lancasters international strategy. International students, from over 100 countries form well over half of the Universitys graduate school, while international staff from sixty countries constitute almost one third of academic staff.

Chancellor of Lancaster Varsity visits Indian Institute

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