Unitedworld to open first offshore campus

Unitedworld School of Business, an initiative of Uniworld Edutech Ltd, has firmed up plans to open new campuses in Delhi and Hyderabad. The business school is also planning to open its first international campus in Singapore. All the three new campuses will become operational in July this year.

"We generally look to occupy about 25,000 square feet (sq ft) of carpet area for our new campuses, This is a typical model designed by us where in we optimize the utilization of space by use of the latest IT and communications tools. The fee structure in these new B-schools will be around Rs 5 lakh but it may vary slightly between campuses. The approximate strength of students in these three new campuses will be 150. These new schools will offer MBA courses designed in a way to emphasize the development of students' skills and capability to apply management theories and concepts to actual problems in business and industry," says Ritesh Hada, MD, Unitedworld School of Business.

Unitedworld will invest Rs 6-7 million for the three new campuses. The business school will also introduce a course on 'Strategic Leadership' this year. The program aims to help the participants identify the essential underlying qualities in a leader and then identify their own inner potential.

Meanwhile, the new Singapore campus will act as a facility where students from all campuses can visit and get exposure to the South East Asian economies.

"Each of our B-schools will be managed by senior and globally networked academicians. Our team of academic resources comes from institutions of world repute like IIMs, Harvard, London School of Economics, IIT, Delhi School of Economics, XLRI, JNU, Indian Statistical Institute etc. New features like career coaching services and free international business camp in Singapore will be incorporated in all our campuses", Hada said, adding, " The Unitedworld students will have two distinct advantages during placements. Firstly, the students will be exposed to real-life market situations with innovative efforts like 'Live content', branded projects', etc. Secondly, their exposure to open economic policies and the concerned training will help the students to engage themselves in their work environment as growth drivers. Besides our global team has created a three-tier placement approach for its graduates under the leadership of Mr Shim Young-Sup, Director-Placements & Corporate Affairs. Tier-I will help students with zonal placements, Tier-II will work on national placements while Tier-III will provide international career opportunities."

The group has been operational in India since 1988 and currently has a total strength of over 2000 employees working in seven offices and 12 branch offices spread across the country.

At present, the group runs the Karnavati school of Dentistry which is located about 6 kms away from Gandhinagar city. The group also operates the Singapore International School at Dahisar, Mumbai. Apart from education, the Unitedworld group has business in sectors like real-estate, building materials and FMCG.