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Vision
We aspire to provide interdisciplinary learning experiences that will help create a sustainably inclusive society by translating ideas into action and nurturing socially conscious innovators, leaders, and change-makers.
Mission
To realize our vision, we will -
Empower students with the knowledge, proficiencies, and values needed to lead in complex, rapidly evolving global landscape.
Create a unique 'Vidyashilp University Experience' to foster a climate of collaboration amongst individuals and groups, in a culture where teaching, learning, research, innovation, entrepreneurial thinking, and social engagement are highly valued.
Facilitate interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary learning and research that advances knowledge, thereby helping solve real-world challenges through meaningful industry and community partnerships.
Cultivate an ecosystem of excellence that emphasizes wellbeing, contentment, and inclusivity for all stakeholders.
Establish an experiential and collective learning environment to translate state-of-the-art technologies into innovatively effective pedagogical methods, thereby cultivating lifelong and inquiry-driven practices.
Engage at the forefront of ecologically sustainable development, championing change and providing actionable solutions to societal challenges.
Build strong collaborations to contribute locally by strengthening communities and bringing about a positive change.
VALUES
Integrity
We embrace integrity as a central value in all aspects of personal and professional engagement – including learning, teaching, research, governance and service – to instill a culture of trust and accountability.
Academic
Freedom
We affirm the principles of academic freedom, its rights and responsibilities to advance knowledge through research and creativity, and to educate students to develop their own independence of mind.
Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion
We assert that diversity and interplay of differences is essential to educational excellence and to enrich the individual and collective learning experiences.
Intellectual
Discovery
We believe in the transformative power of curiosity, imagination, learning and teaching, and commit ourselves to creating lifelong learners.
Excellence
We assume ownership of and responsibility for excelling in academic inquiry, scholarship, research, interdisciplinary collaboration and professional growth.
Empathy, Empowerment
and Social Change
We deploy the potential and resilience of our students and all members of the University community to catalyze social change and empathetic upliftment of the underprivileged.
LEADERSHIP TEAM
Dr. P Dayananda Pai
Chancellor
Vidyashilp University
Dr. P Dayananda Pai is a prominent educationist, philanthropist and leading developer in Bangalore city. He is associated with and holds key positions in several educational, cultural, sports, literary and religious organizations.
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Chancellor
Vidyashilp University
Dr. P Dayananda Pai is a prominent educationist, philanthropist and leading developer in Bengaluru. Apart from being the Managing Trustee of VSEG, Dr. Pai is also the Board Trustee of B.M.S. College as well as Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, and a Trustee of Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad. He is also the syndicate member of Manipal University and the National Institute of Technology, Surathkal. He has served as the former syndicate member of Mangalore University. Dr. Pai has been awarded the Karnataka Udyog Award, the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award and the Aryabhatta Award for initiatives involving social and charitable activities. He was conferred an Honorary Doctorate by Mangalore University for his exceptional contribution in the field of education and philanthropy.
Dr. Kiran Pai
Pro-Chancellor
Vidyashilp University
Dr. Kiran Pai (Ed.D.) is the co-founder and Pro-Chancellor of Vidyashilp University. She is also the Director of three prominent schools in Bangalore, India - Vidyashilp Academy, Vidyashilp School and Vidyasagar Preschool.
Read MoreDr. Kiran Pai
Pro-Chancellor
Vidyashilp University
Dr. Kiran Pai (Ed.D.) is the co-founder and Pro-Chancellor of Vidyashilp University. She is also the Director of three prominent schools in Bangalore, India - Vidyashilp Academy, Vidyashilp School and Vidyasagar Preschool.
Dr. Pai is a trained Educational Psychologist with expertise in Instructional Design. She earned her Doctorate in Education (Ed.D) in Organizational Change and Leadership and her Masters in Education in Learning Design and Technology (M.Ed LDT) at the Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California, USA. She was recently awarded the prestigious 2021 Doctoral Distinction Award in recognition of her scholarly work. She is also the recipient of the 2020 Honors from the U.S. based Kappa Delta Pi International Society in Education, which acknowledges only the top 20 percent of prominent international scholars in the field. She was the recipient of the 50 Innovative Leaders award in India awarded by the World Education Congress and Prof. Indira Parikh. Dr Pai undertook most of her professional training in educational leadership at Harvard University, Boston and the IIM-A. Dr. Pai is a member of the American Education Research Association (AERA) and the American Psychological Association (APA).
Under her stewardship as the Director of schools in the last fourteen years, Vidyashilp Academy and Vidyasagar Preschools have won the IBCI School Brilliance awards, World Education awards for Pedagogy, and have been consistently ranked as one of the best co-ed day schools in the country. Additionally, her school’s revolutionary pedagogy has attracted long-term global and national partnerships with organizations such as UNESCO, IISc, IIM-A, University of Missouri, National Institute of Advanced Sciences and the Atal Innovation Mission. Specifically, Vidyashilp Academy is the only school in India identified by UNESCO Asia Pacific for its leading-edge pedagogical practices. To date, numerous organizations and conference papers continue to cite the school as a concrete example of best practices in promoting learner well-being. Additionally, she is also the Founder-Director of Vidyashilp Community Trust, a large-scale government school reform project for over 3,000 disadvantaged youth.
Prof. P.G. Babu
Vice-Chancellor,
Vidyashilp University, Bangalore
Professor P. Guruswamy Babu is a distinguished academic leader and visionary who leads Vidyashilp University as its Vice-Chancellor.
Read MoreProf. P.G. Babu
Vice-Chancellor,
Vidyashilp University, Bangalore
A highly experienced academic and administrator, Prof. P.G. Babu served for over three decades as a Professor at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, an institution established by the Reserve Bank of India, where he was also the Dean of Graduate Studies. Prior to his current role at Vidyashilp University, he was the Director of the Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) from 2019 to 2022.
His research and teaching interests are deeply interdisciplinary, focusing on Microeconomic theory and Game theory with applications across fields such as Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Law and Economics, and Politics- Philosophy and Economics. His significant research contributions include work on the decision-making framework for climate change as part of the IPCC working group, which earned him a citation from the Prime Minister of India and was associated with the Nobel Memorial Peace Prize in 2007.
Globally recognized, Professor Babu held the prestigious Adam Smith Chair Professorship in Philosophy and Economics at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, for multiple summer semesters. He has been the Mumbai Coordinator for the Erasmus Plus European Masters and Doctoral Programs in Law and Economics since 2009. Additionally, he has held prominent editorial positions, currently serving as the Managing Editor of the Journal of Quantitative Economics (Springer Nature) and previously as the Editor-in-Chief of the Review of Development and Change (Sage). An alumnus of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), where he earned his Ph.D., Professor Babu is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) Delhi.
THE UNIQUE
VU EXPERIENCE
The VU Experience fosters a climate for intentional collaboration between individuals and groups from diverse cultures and backgrounds. VU creates a diverse, inclusive community and environment where VU faculty, staff, students and parents, and alumni feel connected to one another by a common sense of purpose, pride, and spirit, and develop a distinctive ability to work, learn, lead and serve in diverse contexts.
DOMAIN
EXPERTISE
VU’s primary educational goal is the cultivation of deep domain knowledge within each student’s chosen field. We believe that investing in all our domains with differentiated focus areas is essential, create intellectual capital drive progress and achieve excellence.
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EXPERIENTIAL
LEARNING:
SEAMLESS LEARNING
FOR LIFE
Education is a process of living life and not just preparing for future living. Through innovative approaches to teaching and learning, Vidyashilp University unleashes the potential to make education personalized, interconnected and seamless.
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LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT
VU aims to be a trailblazer in the global community of knowledge creators. By providing lessons in leadership in critical areas of development of education, research and creativity, VU’s goal is to nurture, develop and transform each student into a leader passionate to serve society.
SUSTAINABILITY
& SOCIETAL
ENGAGEMENT
VU will be at the forefront of sustainable development, championing change and providing solutions to societal challenges, particularly in rural contexts. In particular, VU will focus on sustainable development goals of Gender Equality (Women and Girl Child Empowerment) and Environment (Carbon Footprint, Water Management, Waste Management, Energy Efficiency and Built Environment).
PRINCIPLES
Experiential
Learning
Education is a process of living life and not just preparing for future living. It is a lifetime process, with no beginning or end, built through experiences with our environment and society. Thus, it takes innovative approaches to teaching and learning that unleashes a potential to make education at Vidyashilp University personalized, interconnected and seamless.
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