Vidyashilp University - The University of Self Discovery

Admissions
Open for Academic
Year 2023-2024

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JOIN THE VIDYASHILP COMMUNITY OF CHANGE-MAKERS

Up to 100% Scholarship
offered for CET high-rank
holders

KCET CODE: E287
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B.TECH. (HONS.) COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING - DATA SCIENCE

ETHNOGRAPHY LAB

A Research Initiative to build an Intellectual Community by Prof. Ranjana Raghunathan

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VIDYASHILP RESEARCH CENTRE

Learning Analytics
in Higher Education
in India

Consultative Meeting
Date: 18th October, 2022

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ORGANISED BY THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED STUDIES & VIDYASHILP RESEARCH CENTRE, VIDYASHILP UNIVERSITY, BENGALURU

Ph.D.
PROGRAM 2022

Full-time and part-time programs in emerging areas with social significance

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FOR CURIOUS AND CREATIVE MINDS

Application window for 2022 is now closed.

Up to 100%
enabling and
encouragement
scholarships offered
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BUILDING A DIVERSE AND TALENTED
STUDENT COMMUNITY

Announcing a unique
B.Sc (Hons) Decision
Sciences program, with
industry experience
partner, Mu Sigma
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STEP INTO THE INDUSTRY FROM
YOUR FIRST DAY ON CAMPUS

Introducing one of
India's first zero-to-one
educational program
for start-up
enthusiasts
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Step into the thriving Indian
start-up economy

Orientation day
with the founding
cohort of
Vidyashilp University

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COMMENCEMENT OF
THE FIRST ACADEMIC YEAR

OUR VISION

Founded in 1982 by renowned and visionary educationists, Vidyashilp Education Group has grown leaps and bounds to establish India’s leading educational institutions.

Vidyashilp University (VU) is our new effort, the culmination of an outstanding heritage of Vidyashilp Academy and Schools committed to excellence in education.

We aim to sculpt education (‘shilp vidya’) and not the student, an idea that makes us globally recognised for our core responsibility of transformation. Building upon the prestigious legacy of 4 decades, Vidyashilp University will pursue excellence in teaching, research, and scholastic achievement.

THE PURSUIT FOR EXCELLENCE

MESSAGE FROM THE VICE CHANCELLOR

04

Decades of Excellence
in Education

300+

Faculty
Members

10000+

Students
Impacted

800+

Awards
Won

15

National and International Associations

05

Campuses

VU EXPERIENCE

The key essence of Vidyashilp University is the student experience- an enjoyable journey of learning from one another and learning together.

VU’s purpose is to create a diverse, inclusive community and environment where faculty, staff, students and parents, and alumni feel connected to one another by a common sense of purpose and develop a distinctive ability to lead and serve in diverse contexts.

Harness your Curiosity of the World and Yourself

Our academic advising philosophy boils down to one simple principle: focus on what you do well. If you’re unsure of what career path suits you best, our scientific Career Path discovery tool, personalized counseling and academic advisors will help you make sense of the right program and career fit even before admissions.

Why Vidyashilp University

Discover what makes Vidyashilp University the ideal choice for unparalleled undergraduate education. You’ll build close and enduring relationships with your cohort and professors who will challenge you to see the world with new eyes.
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Academic Advising

At VU, we are deeply invested in your success. Even before enrolment, your advisors will help you plan your program of study through a scientific Career Path Discovery tool and personalized counseling, that will uncover your unique personality, strengths and aspirations. From the first day of university to graduation and beyond, you’ll receive the encouragement, support and guidance necessary to achieve your academic goals.
TAKE OUR CAREER DISCOVERY QUIZ

City of Innovation: Bengaluru

Vidyashilp University is located in Bengaluru, the world's fastest-growing tech hub with over 7000 start-ups and over 1500 GICs. The city is a gateway to brilliant careers, along with being a premier education destination. Bengaluru offers a compelling blend of professional growth, rich cultural experience, a vibrant lifestyle.

YOU

VU enables your launch and transition to your professional phase by providing the best opportunities aligned with your aspirations. We aim to sculpt education and not the student, an idea that makes us globally recognized for our teaching and learning practices.

VU will help you realize your potential, goals and ambitions. Through a focus on domain excellence, student life, interdisciplinarity and technology enabled learning, VU will enable the transformation of students into future-ready leaders.

As a Shilpite, you will not only develop competence in your chosen domain, but also develop character that will prepare you for life.

NEP 2020

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is the first education policy of the 21st century and aims to revolutionize the future of the higher-education landscape in India. It recommends strong focus on recognizing, identifying, and fostering the unique capabilities of each student, and encourages a holistic education to ensure the unity and integrity of all knowledge.

NEP lays particular emphasis on the development of the creative potential of each individual. Vidyashilp University will endeavor to make the vision of the NEP a reality through its unique blend of path-breaking programs, domain depth and interdisciplinarity, all nurtured in a collective learning environment.

OUR VISION

VU EXPERIENCE

YOU

Founded in 1982 by renowned and visionary educationists, Vidyashilp Education Group has grown leaps and bounds to establish India’s leading educational institutions.

Vidyashilp University (VU) is our new effort, the culmination of an outstanding heritage of Vidyashilp Academy and Schools committed to excellence in education.

We aim to sculpt education (‘shilp vidya’) and not the student, an idea that makes us globally recognised for our core responsibility of transformation. Building upon the prestigious legacy of 4 decades, Vidyashilp University will pursue excellence in teaching, research, and scholastic achievement.

04

Decades of Excellence
in Education

300+

Faculty
Members

10000+

Students
Impacted

800+

Awards
Won

15

National and International Associations

05

Campuses

The key essence of Vidyashilp University is the student experience- an enjoyable journey of learning from one another and learning together.

VU’s purpose is to create a diverse, inclusive community and environment where faculty, staff, students and parents, and alumni feel connected to one another by a common sense of purpose and develop a distinctive ability to lead and serve in diverse contexts.

Harness your Curiosity of the World and Yourself

Our academic advising philosophy boils down to one simple principle: focus on what you do well. If you’re unsure of what career path suits you best, our scientific Career Path discovery tool, personalized counseling and academic advisors will help you make sense of the right program and career fit even before admissions.

Why Vidyashilp University

Discover what makes Vidyashilp University the ideal choice for unparalleled undergraduate education. You’ll build close and enduring relationships with your cohort and professors who will challenge you to see the world with new eyes.

READ MORE

Academic Advising

At VU, we are deeply invested in your success. Even before enrolment, your advisors will help you plan your program of study through a scientific Career Path Discovery tool and personalized counseling, that will uncover your unique personality, strengths and aspirations. From the first day of university to graduation and beyond, you’ll receive the encouragement, support and guidance necessary to achieve your academic goals.

TAKE OUR CAREER DISCOVERY QUIZ

City of Innovation: Bengaluru

Vidyashilp University is located in Bengaluru, the world's fastest-growing tech hub with over 7000 start-ups and over 1500 GICs. The city is a gateway to brilliant careers, along with being a premier education destination. Bengaluru offers a compelling blend of professional growth, rich cultural experience, a vibrant lifestyle.

VU enables your launch and transition to your professional phase by providing the best opportunities aligned with your aspirations. We aim to sculpt education and not the student, an idea that makes us globally recognized for our teaching and learning practices.

VU will help you realize your potential, goals and ambitions. Through a focus on domain excellence, student life, interdisciplinarity and technology enabled learning, VU will enable the transformation of students into future-ready leaders.

As a Shilpite, you will not only develop competence in your chosen domain, but also develop character that will prepare you for life.

NEP 2020

The National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 is the first education policy of the 21^st century and aims to revolutionize the future of the higher-education landscape in India. It recommends strong focus on recognizing, identifying, and fostering the unique capabilities of each student, and encourages a holistic education to ensure the unity and integrity of all knowledge.

NEP lays particular emphasis on the development of the creative potential of each individual. Vidyashilp University will endeavor to make the vision of the NEP a reality through its unique blend of path-breaking programs, domain depth and interdisciplinarity, all nurtured in a collective learning environment.

An Interdisciplinary
Vidyashilp

At VU, our schools don’t function in silos but rather with an interdisciplinary dependence to create deep domain knowledge. We focus on a problem-solving approach and provide program choices across all three schools with a curriculum established in Data Science, Digital Business, Design Studies and Liberal Arts.

VU School of
Business Studies
School of
Computational and
Data Sciences
School of
Liberal Arts and
Design Studies

Programs

UNDERGRADUATE
POSTGRADUATE
Ph.D.

B Tech (Hons)
Data Science

School of
Computational and
Data Sciences

B Sc (Hons)
Decision Sciences

School of
Computational and
Data Sciences

B Des
Communication Design

School of
Liberal Arts and
Design Studies

BA (Hons)
with Research

School of
Liberal Arts and
Design Studies

BA (Hons)
Psychology; Economics

School of
Liberal Arts and
Design Studies

BMS (Hons)
with Research

School of
of Business
Studies

BMS (Hons)
Digital Business

School of
Business
Studies

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Post Graduate Diploma in
Start-up Management

School of
Business Studies

Computer Science

Image Processing, Internet of Things, Algorithms

Data Science

Artificial Intelligence, Machine learning, Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, Multi Modal Learning, Audio & Video Analytics

Mathematics & Statistics

Fractional calculus, Wavelets, Statistics

Material Science

Gas Sensors, Photocatalytic Dye Degradation, Water Splitting

Economics

International Economics, Gender Economics, Indian Economics

Psychology

Visual Perception, Attention, Memory

Management

Finance, Accounting

Sociology & Anthropology

Marriage, Kinship and relatedness, Migration and south Asian diasporas, Material and popular cultures, Experiential dimensions of religion, Human non-human relations.

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NEWS & EVENTS CAMPUS EXPLORE THE VU EXPERIENCE

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An infrastructure aesthetically fit for a global era, and where education lies at the heart of the campus. We invite you to explore the vibrant university campus, the friendly faculty and the college community that make Vidyashilp University your ideal choice for higher education.

A library to captivate you, an idea to engage you, a society to inspire you. Get inspired to take control of your future and become a global citizen.

Campus Tour

Experience a vibrant student life at the Vidyashilp University through a plethora of sports, cultural activities, fests and student clubs. The University has collaborations with Centre of Sports Excellence, the Embassy Riding School and Taaqademy to provide a range of opportunities.

Beyond the campus, you can experience student life in India's most millennial-friendly city that offers multiple avenues for entertainment and recreation. Bengaluru city gives you a wide variety of cultural or sports groups, enriching art fests, live concerts and weekend trekking options.

MEDIA EVENTS

Is PhD Enough to Have Quality Professors?

January 18, 2022

Reason to Realization.

December 30, 2021

Reason to Realization.

December 29, 2021

The Thriving Start-up Ecosystem in India and the Platforms Available for Growth.

December 16, 2021

The Thriving Start-up Ecosystem in India and the Platforms Available for Growth.

December 13, 2021

Bring your startup dreams to life with ‘Vidyashilp University's Start-up Founders Program’.

December 13, 2021

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Session on POSH and Gender Sensitization by Dr. Sapna S, Head Law School CHRIST(Deemed to be University) at Vidyashilp University on 23rd Aug 2022.

Vidyashilp University’s Design Mavericks webinar on "Design for Living off the Planet" was conducted on 19th August 2022 by Dr. Susmita Mohanty, Spaceship Designer, Space Entrepreneur, Climate Action Advocate.

Orientation Program- Day 1 FRIDAY, 19 AUG 2022 at Vidyashilp University.

Vidyashilp University's Design Mavericks presents an intriguing webinar on 10th February from 6 pm to 7 pm

Vidyashilp University's Perspectives Webinar on 7th February from 6 pm to 7 pm

Vidyashilp University’s Start-up Founders Program presents an inspiring webinar for aspiring founders on 1st February at 2.30 pm.

Prof. Smitha Rao, School of Computational Data Sciences, Vidyashilp University is invited for the panel discussion on "Demystifying Data Science" organised by iEducationalize.

Vidyashilp University's Perspectives Webinar on 10th January from 6 pm to 7 pm

Vidyashilp University's Design Mavericks webinar on ‘In Pursuit of Openness in Design' with Ms. Veethika Mishra, Sr Product Designer at GitLab and Prof. Arvind Lodaya, Professor of Design, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies, Vidyashilp University on 6th January 2022 at 6 pm.

Prof. Smitha Rao, School of Computational and Data Sciences, Vidyashilp University, was invited as the speaker for the webinar on 'Discover Promising New Courses in 3 Leading Indian Universities', held virtually on November 27th, 2021.

Vidyashilp University presents 'Perspectives' - By Domain Experts, a webinar series that provides you with a platform to interact with industry leaders. This session’s speaker, Dr. R S Deshpande has over 35 years of experience in Research and Teaching in the field of Economics.

Vidyashilp University's Design Mavericks webinar on ‘Design is where the heart is' with Ms. Shreya Kumar, Sr. Experience Designer at Frog (Part of Capgemini Group) and Prof. Arvind Lodaya, Professor, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies, Vidyashilp University.

Vidyashilp University presents 'Perspectives' - By Domain Experts, a webinar series that provides you with a platform to interact with industry leaders. This session’s speaker, Mr. Rakesh Ranjan has over 16 years of experience of leading innovation in IBM Automation portfolio for Fortune 100 companies and is a Professor of Computer Engineering at San Jose State University. He will share his perspectives on ‘Rise of Data Science - A hype or reality'.

Vidyashilp University presents 'Perspectives' - By Domain Experts, a webinar series that provides you with a platform to interact with industry leaders. This session’s speaker, Mr. Kiran Kumar has over 25 years of experience in building innovative products and solutions for multinationals like Motorola, Wipro, Philips, Infosys, and is associated with NITI Aayog.

The launch event of Vidyashilp University held on 16th September 2021, in the presence of Shri Thaawarchand Gehlot, Hon’ble Governor, Government of Karnataka, Dr Ashwathnarayan C.N., Minister for Higher Education, IT and BT, Science and Technology, Skill Development, Government of Karnataka, Prof. B. Thimmegowda, Vice-Chairman of Karnataka State Council Higher Education.

Prof. Arvind Lodaya, School of Liberal Arts and Design Studies, Vidyashilp University, was invited by DesignUp - a popular annual conference in the Design and Technology space to host a “Fireside Chat” with the World’s leading Design expert, scholar and thought-leader Prof. Don Norman on 20th June 2021.

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