Ahmedabad

88-year old Gujarat Law Society which runs eight self-financed institutes in Ahmedabad, has now attained the status of independent university with effect from 11 March, 2015. The formal announcement in this regard was made today by the management of the institution at a press conference held at the GLS campus in the city. All 8 institutes run by GLS will come under the gamut of GLS University.

Addressing the media, Shri Sudhir Nanavati, President, GLS University said, “With the establishment of GLS University, we would be able to have much sought after autonomy to establish its course structures, curriculum management and student development activities, which will be now undertaken in a standardized manner as per the common directions of the state universities. In addition to that, we also intend to launch several innovative programs, which are non-existent in the conventional university framework. There are several specialized courses which are much in demand in the industry, such as those in the area of information technology, law, communications, management and design. GLS has been constantly looking at ways to initiate these courses, but for the want of university affiliation and lack of system of initiation of these courses, it had been constrained to remain in the conventional models of education.”

“We will also add other faculties in specialized areas of medicine, engineering, technology, arts as well as establish several innovative programs in the areas of robotics, humanities, banking, hospitality management, international business and so on in days to come. Thus with a steadfast resolve, GLS University is poised to benchmark the best global practices in education and contribute to the cause of education,” said Dr. Hitesh Ruparel, Director General, GLS University.

“Being an independent university, GLS now plans to go for major industry partnerships in order to launch courses directly targeted to specific industry segments with major placement assurances. Not only that, it will also establish several centers of excellence focusing on diverse areas of information technology, communications, managerial competence, advances in accounting, government advocacy, industry advice etc. Such centers would work towards furtherance of education and research in these chosen areas. There would be several short term programs initiated by these centers, for which appropriate qualifications will be awarded by GLS as an university,” informed Dr. Ruparel.

“After gaining status of a university, GLS is supposed to focus on research and consulting activities. Globally, all universities with high standard have a major focus on the areas of research. There are several research qualifications available to the students at Masters Level as well as at honors level apart from the doctoral programs. Upon establishment as the university, GLS wishes to initiate these masters by research programs. This is kind of system does not exist in the conventional education model,” he added.

GLS University would also leverage its existing 17 foreign collaborations with leading academic institutions from across the world to benefit its students and add value by imparting international immersion programs.

– DeshGujarat