Top CEOs from India are raising funds to set up a technology university
15 Feb 2019 3:46 AM GMT
A total of 40 CEOs and businessmen are raising ?20 billion to build a university named Plaksha. The university will be built over 50 acres near Chandigarh.
- A total of 40 CEOs and businessmen are raising ₹20 billion to build a university named Plaksha.
- The university, which hopes to become the ‘Stanford of the East,’ is backed by over 40 Indian entrepreneurs and CEOs including Mahindra CEO CP Gurnani, Neeraj Aggarwal, Chairman of Asia Pacific, Boston Consulting Group, Hellion Ventures’ co-founder Ashish Gupta, chairman of Genpact and Clix Capital Pramod Bhasin, Hitesh Oberoi, Infoedge and Naukri.com Managing Director, among others.
- The idea for the university started three years ago, when a few IIT alums – today top business leaders – got together and thought of way to encourage India’s booming tech-driven ecosystem, say its founders.
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