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  The higher and technical education department of the Maharashtra Government has recently approved the establishment of India’s first Universal AI university in Karjat, Mumbai. The university will offer various undergraduate and postgraduate programs on Artificial Intelligence. The university is India’s first university to offer degrees and specialised courses in the field of AI. They will predominantly offer a multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary curriculum with subjects from five disciplines, which is for the first time ever in India by any university. According to the  reports , the university aims to provide innovative courses in a wide range of contemporary fields like Liberal Arts and Humanities, Law, Global Affairs and Diplomacy, Environment and Sustainability and Sport Sciences. The university will provide cutting-edge knowledge and skills in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science. With their top-of-the-line student infrastructure, they provid...

  Universal  Artificial Intelligence  (AI) University, which claims to be India’s first dedicated AI institution, based out in Karjat, Mumbai aims to foster educational excellence by providing a dynamic learning environment. The AI University claims to offer a multi-disciplinary and interdisciplinary curriculum with subjects from five disciplines, Tarun Anand, founder, Universal AI University, told FE Education. “Currently, the main areas of concentration are AI and Machine Learning (ML), Business Analytics, Liberal Arts with a focus on Psychology and Economics, Business Studies with specialisations in Finance, Marketing, and Commerce. This will be shortly followed with Law, Design, Sports Sciences and International affairs and Diplomacy, he said. As of now, the university claims to have 80 students enrolled across all programmes for the 2023-24 session. Furthermore, it anticipates enrollment will increase to 1,500 students within the next three years. “AI will have enume...

  Mumbai, Maharashtra Dr Karunakar Jha has been appointed as the academic director of Mumbai’s Universal Business School. Dr Jha will deliver high quality outcomes consistent with the Universal Business School’s mission, set the academic standards, collaborate across the multiple programs, deliberate on faculty productivity assessment, develop industry-international connections with teaching, research publications and power mentoring interventions. A Bachelor’s in History from Fergusson College Pune, Dr Jha did his  MBA  from the Institute of Management Development and Research situated at Pune followed by the Doctorate in Marketing from Patna University. He is an experienced corporate practitioner and academician, and has varied experience across the cross section of the industry. His professional journey includes some of the well-known conglomerates such as AMUL, Unilever, Lipton India, The Times of India group, the Samson’s group & Mobile18 in leadership positions....

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...

  Universal Business School (UBS) in Karjat, Mumbai witnessed a 161% increase in average salary package for its PGDM batch of 2023. According to an official release, the highest package of the batch was Rs 22 lakh per annum. The college attracted 278 companies to participate in campus recruitment for its final placement and summer internship process. Our of these 228 companies, 26 were first-time recruiters, representing an entirely new post-pandemic profile- in sectors such as Sustainability Consulting, Gaming companies, Digital Marketing, Fintech, eCommerce, and Business Analytics, the release said. “We have surpassed the previous year’s performance, on all counts. Students who joined us with work experience benefited a lot with the average increase in salary being 161% , the highest increase being an astounding 460%,” Tarun Anand, chairman, Universal Business School, said. Furthermore, the release mentioned that in terms of placement trends, sales and marketing and marketing res...

  Management students from Mumbai’s Universal Business School, known as one of the most innovative B Schools in the country, have published over 50 research papers and case studies for the academic year 2022-2023. “We are expecting at least 50 -75 such research papers and case study submissions on a variety of management-specific topics from our students in this period. At Universal Business School we encourage students to draft research papers and case studies on different academic areas, under the guidance of our professors. It is an excellent way of engaging the students by bringing real-life experiences to the class. It helps in building their research and judgement skills,” shares Tarun Anand, Chairman, Universal Business School. An initiative of the Research Department and Case Research Centre at the Universal Business School, students are exposed to broadened perspectives from the professors of their respective teams while drafting and unriddling a case or writing a research...