Plaksha's journey started in 2015, as a conversation among a few friends about how and why technology education needs to change. This group of people, most of them entrepreneurs and business leaders, were keen to change the landscape of engineering and technology education in India and the world. Reimagining Higher Education Foundation, a Section 8 not-for-profit company, was set up in 2017 with a mission of converting the idea into a plan. In Feb 2019, the groundbreaking of Plaksha University's campus in Mohali took place with the aim of opening the campus in Aug 2021.
Over 100+ like-minded tech entrepreneurs, business leaders and academicians across 6 countries are a part of the Plaksha mission. The founders are guided by a distinguished Academic Advisory Board. What we do and how we do it is represented by three pillars - based on the shared inspiration of academic leaders and the founding group.
Reimagining technology education
Interdisciplinary curriculum integrating technology, social sciences and design. Hands-on pedagogy and focus on self-development
Enabling research and innovation ecosystem
Entrepreneurial mindset in faculty and students, innovation culture and enabling ecosystem, mentorship and networks
Addressing grand challenges
Thematic research centers with industry, government and academia collaboration; shared core lab infrastructure
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Collective governance: It brings together distinguished academic visionaries (Academic Advisory Board, industry leaders and entrepreneurs (founding community).
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Deep global partnerships: Institutions like Cornell University, UC Berkeley, Penn Engineering, Purdue University, BWH (Harvard), etc. are engaged in fostering globally aligned curricula, pedagogy and student experiences.
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Research culture embedded in the DNA: 4 cutting-edge research centers doing impactful work in clean energy, water security, equitable health and sustainable agriculture. A robust doctoral program to with an emphasis on grand challenges including health, agriculture, water security, clean energy, etc. that cut across several disciplines, and faculty members are actively engaged in research in these disciplines.
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Reimagined undergraduate program: 4 unique BTech majors and Freshmore curriculum integrating humanities, design, fundamental sciences, modern compute technology, encumbered by department silos.
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Freedom from legacy constraints as a greenfield university with the opportunity to propel innovation in curriculum and pedagogy.
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Entrepreneurial bias to action, exhibiting a dynamic, agile and responsive culture with commitment to speed of execution.
Our Founders
The founders are business leaders and technology entrepreneurs based in Hong Kong, India, London, New York, Silicon Valley, Singapore and Tokyo . They play an active role not only by investing philanthropically but also by mentoring students and building a community of change-makers and impact creators.
Our Academic Advisory Board
In 2017, the founding members reached out to change-makers and radical thinkers in academia and our Academic Advisory Board was formed. Today, it has 14 eminent academicians and thought leaders from across the globe, each at the forefront of transforming education in their respective institutions. They play an instrumental in role guiding our vision and academic programs.
We partner with top institutions, globally
Our partners share our vision - to reimagine engineering education and research. Together, we work closely on curriculum design, delivery, faculty and student exchanges and collaborative research.
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