| |19 DECEMBER 2015HIGHERReviewChitkara University:Creating Leaders of TomorrowSchoolpad are few names among the 12 companies that are supported by Chitkara Innovation Incubator. "We cannot make leaders in the four walls of a class room. A classroom is only a place where you take the funda-mentals. If you want to understand what is going around the world, you have to be in the field and you need to have a clear frame work in your brain. That frame work is created by the faculty with support of research and industry," explains Dr. Ashok Chitkara, Chancellor, Chitkara University. With 75 percentage of the faculty members either holding a PhD or pursuing one, Chitkara University is known for its strategic, multidisciplinary research explorations. Faculty members are constantly involved in research publications and quality improvements programs. This approach helps the faculty in taking students' imaginations beyond classroom teaching to actual scientific exploration. Chitkara University is one of the only two institutions in India that received the prestigious HP Innovation Grant of $ 170 thousand and one among five insti-tutions selected from Asia-Pacific, including Japan, for creat-ing technology that is accessible to everyone as a way to learn, work and benefit from information.To foster research culture in the university, the manage-ment has established Chitkara University Research and In-novation Network (CURIN). At CURIN various research centres build and sustain Chitkara University's competitive advantage through leadership. These centres and institutes are the locus of research for collaborative groups of inves-tigators pushing the frontiers of knowledge forward. Along with such efforts to improve research inside the campus, the university maintains strong connections with international universities. With over 70 international collaborations, the university houses good number of students and faculty mem-bers from foreign universities at the campus. As result of elaborated international linkages, meaningful industry tie-ups and faculties with research focus, Chitkara University has been registering path breaking recruitment records for graduates from various academic programs since its inception. "We consider job as an outcome of quality education. Hence, we provide students quality education and we want them to be proud Indians who are settled anywhere in the world but having a world class education with us," concludes Dr. Ashok Chitkara. From business management programs to programs in nursing and medical laboratory technologies; and from computer science, electronics and mechanical engineering programs, to hotel management and architecture - Chitkara University is a veritable cornucopia of educational services.Born in Sept 1952, Dr. Ashok Chitkara has created benchmarks for generations to come. He made his foray into the field of Mathematics by doing B.Sc (Hons School) Mathematics, M.Sc (Hons) Mathematics from Delhi University. He was also awarded a Gold Medal in his M.Sc. (Mathematics) for topping the Delhi University. He then went on to pursue his B.Ed, M.Ed and PhD, which chiselled him to perfection for teaching as a career. He has to his name the credit of contributing 25 research papers in various journals.Dr. Ashok Chitkara, ChancellorWith 75 percentage of the faculty members either holding a PhD or pursuing one, Chitkara University is known for its strategic, multi-disciplinary research explorations
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