Azim Premji University

About Azim Premji University

The first Azim Premji University was set up in Bengaluru in 2010. The second one, i.e., Azim Premji University, Bhopal, is now operational. The work on the third University in Ranchi is currently underway. Azim Premji University, Bengaluru has been offering degree program since 2011. Its mandate is to run teaching program and conduct research to contribute to the social sector in India, and to be an exemplar higher education institution - with inclusion and quality. The degree and short-term teaching programmes are focused on domains of human development, for example, Education, Livelihoods, Development, Governance and Policy, Public Health, and Sustainability. The undergraduate programmes offer a broad-based liberal education as envisioned in the NEP - along with fields of human development that are the overall focus of the University. The research programmes are designed for direct contribution to matters of policy and practice, in these fields of human development.