Please let us know about your expansion plans in other Indian states…

We have set our goals in various upcoming initiatives. Firstly, there is the JIS University bill that has been passed in the state legislature, the University is to be commissioned in 2015 in Kolkata, West Bengal. There is an upcoming Knowledge Park in Naya Raipur, Chattisgarh that is to be formed under PPP model with the Government of Chattisgarh. There are also the upcoming projects in the state of Jharkhand under the PPP model that is aimed at the spread of quality technical education in the state. These are stated to come up in Chakradharpur, Barhi, Khunti and Bahragoda.

On the infrastructure front, some of the infrastructural improvements we hope to implement soon will be the introduction of digitized learning procedure, i.e., smart classroom for high-end education delivery. We also plan to ‘Go green’ by implementing green energy and thereby operating on solar energy in our campus. We also plan to extend the services of our e-library; Entrepreneur Development Cell and Industry Institute Partnership Cell. Moreover, we have invested in upgraded medical instruments for our dental college. Last but not the least, we have collaborated with different medical colleges, private universities in SAARC countries to extend student and knowledge exchange program.

There are also some additional plans to be implemented in enhancing scope of research and development in our engineering and management colleges by mobilizing more funds. More collaborative programmes with international standard Universities and Technological, Management Institutions, Opening more Incubation Centres for facilitating student innovation in the Campus etc.