BML Munjal University Announces Advisory Board

NEW DELHI, June 18, 2014 /PRNewswire/ --

The Board has a Rich Mix of Veteran Industry Stalwarts, Academic Leaders and Distinguished Professionals 

Hero Group founded and Imperial College London mentored BML Munjal University (BMU) today announced the appointment of 21 members to its Advisory Board. Comprising a galaxy of world-renowned leaders - captains of industry, academics, scientists and other outstanding professionals, the Advisory Board will guide BMU with their astute counsel and rich experience.

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Members of BMU Advisory Board include:

• R C Bhargava, Chairman, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd
• H S Bhartia, Co-Chairman & Founder, Jubilant Bhartia Group
• Subash Bijlani, President, Magnus Consulting Pvt. Ltd.; Professor, University of Maryland University College
• Sonjoy Chatterjee, Chairman, Goldman Sachs (India) Securities Private Limited
• M Damodaran, Ex-Chairman, SEBI
• YC Deveshwar, Chairman, ITC Limited
• Adi Godrej, Chairman, Godrej Group  
• Sir Mike Gregory, Head, Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge 
• Dipankar Gupta, Ex-Senior Advisor, KPMG India; Ex-Professor, JNU 
• Dr. Tarun Khanna, Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School; Director, South Asia Institute, Harvard University
• S P Kothari, Deputy Dean, MIT Sloan School of Management
• Kishore Mahbubani, Dean and Professor in the Practice of Public Policy of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore
• Arun Maira, Member, Planning Commission of India; Ex-India Chairman, Boston Consulting Group.
• DR R A Mashelkar, Chancellor, ACSIR, Former Director General of CSIR
• TV Narendaran, MD, Tata Steel 
• Dr. Nitin Nohria, George F. Baker Professor of Administration and Dean of the Faculty, Harvard Business School
• R K Pachauri, Chair, IPCC; Director-General, TERI
• Jagmohan Raju, Executive Director, Wharton-ISB Program
• Harish Salve, Senior Supreme Court Advocate 
• Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Chairman & Managing Director, Biocon Limited
• R Subramaniam, Founder and ex-Managing Director, Subhiksha

Speaking about the Advisory Board, Mr. Sunil Kant Munjal, Chancellor, BML Munjal University said, "We are delighted to welcome these leaders on board. I am confident they will guide and inspire students, faculty, and administrators to achieve the vision of the university. Their collective expertise and commitment will play an important role in defining the university's growth trajectory in the years to come."

Mr. Munjal further added, "The kind of knowledge and skills required in a 21^st century economy are radically different from those needed in the past. BMU is an attempt to bring about an innovative transformation in higher education in the country and plug the gaps that prevail in the current education system. BML Munjal University will nurture technically sound, multi-skilled and ethical leaders that our country needs, not just graduates with narrow expertise and shallow knowledge, as is the case right now."

Mr. Akshay Munjal, Executive Director, BML Munjal University explained, "It's a matter of great pride and honour to have such esteemed leaders guiding the destiny of an upcoming university such as BMU. We look forward to their advice towards building a world-class university that makes students ready for a career, and life."

BMU aspires to transform the higher education scene in India with an alternative and more innovative teaching-learning system. It aims to develop skilled, knowledgeable and ethical professionals who are fully equipped with the leadership and life skills necessary for assuming job responsibilities from day one of their graduation from the university. The defining leitmotifs of the BMU approach are: multi-dimensional, inter-disciplinary courses; problem-solving; group-based education; real-world industry projects and learning by doing. BMU is supported in its visionary endeavour by a strong alliance with Imperial College London, a pool of outstanding faculty drawn from academia and industry, and a close partnership with a cross-section of leading corporate houses.

The university has been awarded university status by the Haryana Government. Established under the Haryana State Private Universities Act, 2006, BMU will have three schools to begin with: School of Engineering & Technology, School of Commerce, and School of Management. The university will offer the following undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes: BTech, BCom, BBA and MBA.

The university's inaugural academic session will commence in August 2014.

About BML Munjal University  

BML Munjal University is a not-for-profit initiative of the Hero Group - a US$5 billion business conglomerate. A fully-residential and co-educational university, BMU has been founded by the Munjal family, promoters of Hero Group (of which Hero MotoCorp, formerly Hero Honda, and Hero Cycles are key companies). Hero Group ranks amongst the top 10 Indian business houses in India.

The Munjal family has a long and excellent track-record in the education space. Some of the educational institutions established by them include BCM School, Raman Munjal Vidya Mandir, BML Munjal Vidya Mandir, Dayanand Medical College & Hospital, and BCM College of Education. Through its various initiatives, the Munjal family has educated and empowered over 200,000 Indians. The Munjals are also the founder-promoters of Indian School of Business (ISB), Mohali. Hero Group's other ventures include two-wheelers, cycles, steel, energy, realty, corporate training, financial and consumer services.

Vision 

Named after the Hero Group Co-founder and Chairman, Brij Mohan Lall Munjal, the university 'aspires to nurture ethical leaders who are skilled, knowledgeable and have the life skills required for leading their organizations to success. The university shall seek the advancement and dissemination of practically-oriented knowledge benchmarked with the best global standards'.

Location: 67th KM Stone, NH-8, District Gurgaon- 123413, Haryana, about 50 km from the Delhi International Airport

For more information, visit http://www.bml.edu.in/.

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