Ashoka University is the future of education

The Bootstrappers
The Bootstrappers
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1 min readMar 18, 2018
India’s ivy league university by its ivy league people

Delhi NCR boasts of A grade educational ecosystem:

  • Delhi University
  • JNU
  • IIT
  • MDI/ IMT

However, past few years it hasn’t upgraded:
For example educational institutions in south built modern set ups.

  • ISB in Hyderabad
  • Great Lakes in Chennai
  • Engineering colleges in Bengaluru

It’s changing:

  • Enter Ashoka University, India’s first Ivy League industry.
  • 140 founding members including Pramath Sinha (ISB), Sanjeev Bhikchandani (Naukri), Vineet Gupta ( Jumboree) and Ashish Dhawan ( Central Square Foundation).
  • 1st batch in 2014. 1400 students and 80 professors.
  • 1st project estimate was INR 25 crores vs now it’s INR 4000 crores.

Go deeper: Financial Times profile of Ashoka University ( 1st click free)

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