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Plaksha University aims to challenge IITs, reimagines engineering education

The upcoming Plaksha University reimagines engineering education and prepares students for a digitally powered future

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Housed in a 50-acre campus near Chandigarh international airport in Mohali, the university is set to be up and running by this August, when the first batch of around 120-150 students is expected to join, along with a full-time faculty of around 15

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More than five decades after the first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) was set up in Kharagpur, the IITs still churn out mostly the traditional kinds of engineers — mechanical,

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First Published: Mar 20 2021 | 6:10 AM IST

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