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Vedanta University is a proposed, private, multi-disciplinary, co-educational university to be started by Anil Agarwal of Vedanta Resources corporation near Puri-Konark highway, Orissa, India. According to the news reports and as of Sep 2010, the plans of the university was a closed chapter.〔(Vedanta University a closed chapter - Indian Express )〕 However, in late April 2015 a revival of the project was initiated; The ex-Chief Secretary of Odisha, Mr. Bijay Patnaik, was hired as the President of the Vedanta University Project to revive this project. 〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title=Babu’s Vedanta univ president post raises brows )〕 〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title=Former Odisha CS BK Patnaik joins Vedanta Group )〕 〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 title=Former CS Patnaik joins Vedanta Varsity Project )〕 ==The vision== Anil Agarwal, an Indian businessman, who heads the London based Vedanta Resources corporation and Naveen Patnaik, the Chief Minister of Orissa state in eastern India, had signed a memorandum of understanding to create a world class, multidisciplinary university, Vedanta University. The university, which would be entirely a not-for-profit venture, was planned to be funded from Agarwal's personal funds〔 Sam Pitroda, the chairman of the Knowledge Commission was the choice of the first chancellor of Vedanta University. Recent reports also suggest that at least three Nobel laureates have been contracted to join the university. In July 2009, the government of Orissa passed a landmark bill to allow the massive university to be set up and function with autonomy. 〔 〕 The three goals of Vedanta University are in the following directions: * ''Education'': To provide meritorious Indian students access to world class education within India. * ''Research'': To conduct cutting edge research on globally relevant topics from an Asian-centric perspective. * ''Society'': To produce tomorrow's leaders, and to promote economic growth in the region. Some details of the vision in the university can be found in the website archive. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Vedanta University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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