Lancaster University Chancellor visits Goenka institute
Lancaster University?s Chancellor, mountaineer Sir Christian Bonington CBE, will visit GD Goenka World Institute of Higher Education for the first time on Friday.
His visit marks the expansion of the partnership between Lancaster University and GD Goenka World Institute of Higher Education (GDGWI) to include three engineering degrees.
The first students to graduate with a Lancaster University degree will also be presented to Sir Chris at a public lecture and graduation dinner that evening.
Lancaster is the first and only university to deliver higher educational qualifications at the GD Education City in India, a 60 acre site located near Delhi.
The Education City is part of GDGWI which has been established to cater to the rising demand for quality higher education in India, to provide avenues for higher education to its students in an environment that is conducive to learning and teaching, and to produce the business leaders of the future.
During the tour of the site, Chris will meet Director of GDGWI Vijay Gupta, other senior staff and current masters students studying for a Lancaster University Management School degree.
Gupta said: “G D Goenka World Institute has, in partnership with Lancaster University, fulfilled a long-felt need in India for academic programmes that are world class in content and delivery, and prepare students for global careers. Our students benefit from the reputation and industrial partnerships of the top-rated Lancaster University.”
Later that day, Chris will deliver a public lecture in Delhi to key industry figures, Lancaster graduates in India, and the first ever cohort of students who graduated in January this year from Goenka with a Lancaster University degree.
Lancaster University?s world-class Management School (LUMS) currently delivers undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at GD Goenka, including undergraduate economics and business economics, BBA business studies and a postgraduate diploma in business management.
The MSc programmes are taught mainly by staff from Lancaster University, while the undergraduate and other courses are taught by staff from GD Goenka.
The programmes are validated by Lancaster and students receive a Lancaster University degree.
The partnership is now expanding to include three new engineering programmes. The new MEng degrees being offered in autumn 2011 will be in Mechanical Engineering, Electronic and Electrical Engineering and Computer Systems Engineering.
Professor Steve Bradley, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, International at Lancaster University said: ?Launching three new undergraduate programmes in collaboration with GD Goenka World Institute of Higher Education is an exciting prospect that will simultaneously widen the portfolio of programmes on offer and deepen our partnership.
?Lancaster brings a different learning style, the benefits of an established research reputation and the benefits of industrial partnerships which inform teaching and learning and add to the overall student experience.?
These degree courses are based on the Lancaster University curriculum but will be taught by GD Goenka staff. The final degree will be awarded by Lancaster University and there will also be an option for undergraduates to study at Lancaster as part of their course.
Industrial placements will be arranged in the fourth year of study at GD Goenka, which places great emphasis on employability. Its Corporate Resource Centre networks with companies and organises personality development programmes, workshops and campus interviews for students in association with some of the leading HR professionals in India.
