Symbiosis Hyd campus to be ready by next year

Symbiosis International University, Pune, which is setting up its campus near Hyderabad to initially offer business management courses, said it would gradually develop it into an independent university once the private universities Bill is enacted.

Vidya Yeravdekar, principal director of Symbiosis Society, which governs the university, today met chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy and informed him about Symbiosis’ plans.

She told the chief minster that the university had secured all the approvals for its proposed campus and would complete the construction in the next 16 months. The government has allotted 40 acres to Symbiosis at Mamidipally village in Kothur mandal of Mahboobnagar district adjacent to the campus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).

The university management is expected to spend Rs 75-80 crore to build the campus, according to state officials. Considered as one of the premier private universities in the country, Symbiosis plans to add other disciplines, including Law school, in a phased manner and apply for university status once the state enacts the private universities law, Vidya, who is the daughter of Symbiosis founder SB Majumdar and also a member of University Grants Commission, informed the chief minister.

The university currently has four campuses in Pune, Bangalore, Noida and Nashik.