Delhi gets 2nd state varsity

Updated on: Wednesday, April 15, 2009

New Delhi: From coming August Delhi's second state university will start functioning by opening its doors for the first batch of post-graduate students.

Established in July 2008, the Ambedkar University, Delhi (AUD) would be India's first university dedicated exclusively to social sciences and humanities.

Mentioning it a public university with a difference, vice-chancellor Shyam Menon said: that the university would provide importance to innovative studies. The university plans demonstrate a hybrid model of public and private initiative and respond to the evolving societal demands.

The university is proposing a differential fee structure, so that no eligible student is denied a seat because of his/ her inability to pay. This fee structure would be based on per-capita operational cost of the programme, economic and social background of the student and expected level of employment after graduation.

At present, the university is functioning from a temporary location in Sector-9, Dwarka. By 2011 it will move to its new campus.

The university plans to recruit young faculty with 'tenure track arrangement on the lines of JNU, whereby a faculty will have the option of moving elsewhere after 4 years and being able to join the university again later. Moreover it will have a large pool of additional faculty with a compensation package of Rs 80,000 for its credit programme Menon added.

By 2013, the university plans to have 15 interdisciplinary schools and centres, a community of 4,000 students, of which 1,200 will have hostel accommodation.

About 1,000 students will pursue postgraduation and research. There will be a core faculty of 200 teachers and 50 professional staff.

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