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Universal AI University, India’s pioneering Artificial Intelligence (AI) institution located in Karjat near Mumbai, has been selected by Qatar’s Arab Center for Artificial Intelligence (ACAI) as a strategic partner. This collaboration aims to broaden the reach of AI education throughout Qatar and the wider Gulf region. This significant partnership marks Universal AI University as the first Indian university to achieve AI-partner status with a Gulf-based AI institute. Eng. Khalid Abdulrahim Al-Sayed, Chairman of the Board of the Arab Center for Artificial Intelligence, Qatar and Prof. Tarundeep Singh Anand, Chancellor of Universal Ai University signed the MoU in Doha recently. The MoU will be a strategic partnership between the two institutes to impart Ai-led education across Qatar in the fields of education, research and innovation. This development gains significance, that whilst India is inviting international Universities from the UK, USA and Australia to set up campuses in India, ...

  Experienced corporate practitioner and academician Karunakar Jha has been appointed as the new academic director of Mumbai's Universal Business School (UBS). In this role, Jha will deliver high quality outcomes, set the academic standards, collaborate across the multiple programmes, deliberate on faculty productivity assessment, and develop industry-international connections with teaching, research publications and power mentoring interventions. A Bachelor’s in History from Fergusson College at Pune, Jha did his MBA from the Institute of Management Development and Research in Pune followed by a Doctorate in Marketing from Patna University. During his professional journey, Jha has been a part of some well-known conglomerates such as AMUL, Unilever, Lipton India, The Times of India group, the Samson’s group and Mobile18 in leadership positions. Besides, he was the director (School of Management) at Jagran LakeCity University (JLU) in Bhopal. Prior to joining UBS, Jha served for ove...