Varsity No Nine
GLS wants university status. If proposal is accepted, the city will get its ninth varsity
By Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Following the footsteps of the Ahmedabad Education Society that set up Ahmedabad University, the Gujarat Law Society is planning to set up its own university. The proposal will be submitted to the state government next month. If it is sanctioned, the city will get its ninth varsity.
By Yogesh Avasthi
Posted On Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Following the footsteps of the Ahmedabad Education Society that set up Ahmedabad University, the Gujarat Law Society is planning to set up its own university. The proposal will be submitted to the state government next month. If it is sanctioned, the city will get its ninth varsity. The trust is scouting S G Highway for possible sites to set up the university.
GLS executive vice-president Sudhir Nanavati said, “We have always strived to provide quality education to our students. We are experts in the fields of arts, commerce, management, law and education. For a long time now, our management had been thinking of setting up a university so that we can gauge the market demand and introduce professional courses accordingly.”
In universities, especially those run by the state government, changing the syllabus is tough. Professors, policies and politics hamper change. The universities fail to adapt to changing times.
“To overcome such problems, we decided to set up Gujarat Learning University where we will introduce short-term and long-term courses in the fields of Management,
Information Technology and Law. We are designing a 5-year law course. Nirma University is the only other private varsity in the state offering law studies,” said Nanavati.
Nanavati revealed the university will start functioning only after the building and its infrastructure has been set up. “We do not want to inconvenience students by making them run from one classroom to another. We will build a modern campus where students will get all that they need for quality education. We will also tie up with foreign universities for faculty exchange,” he said.
Nanavati asserted that the varsity will design courses in a manner that students will not have to struggle for a job once they pass out. About the number of varsities already in the city, he said, “Increased competition will force educational institutes to better the quality of education. They will design courses that keep up with the changing times and guarantee jobs once the students have graduated.”
We plan to set up Gujarat Learning University where we will introduce short-term and long-term courses in the fields of Management, Information Technology and Law. We will gauge market demands and tailor professional courses accordingly – GLS executive V-P Sudhir Nanavati
