Case Study
Establishing UTM, New Age University in the North East
Situation
North Eastern part of India has a major absence of quality education providers. The promoters and the government of Meghalaya wanted to establish a University which can cater to the needs of NE students thereby alleviate the NE students’ migration to other parts of the country for quality education.
Major Interventions
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Carried out broad Market Research in North Eastern region to find out the kind of programs that are liked by local population and has employability possibilities in the region.
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Created Detailed Project Report to University of Technology and Management (UTM) to get enacted by State Legislative Assembly Meghalaya in 2011.
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Designed nearly 10 new academic programs catering to hospitality, travel, tourism, retail, management, IT, and sports management.
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Established a dedicated campus in record time and created standard and procedures in Student Acquisition, Faculty Recruiting, and Establishment of Career Services.
Outcome
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A new age University came up in Shillong 2012 with contemporary programs offerings with employability potential.
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Enrolment grew to 600 students in 2015.
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UTM became a part of MIT Pune Group of Institutions in 2016.