ATLAS SkillTech University Announces Advisory Board, Chalks Out Strategy for Next Four Years


New Delhi: ATLAS SkillTech University, Maharashtra has announced its advisory board members that will assist the varsity to achieve its mission of academic excellence and experiential learning. 

In the first meeting of ATLAS SkillTech University, the advisory board discussed the vision, strategy, scale and ambition for the next 4 years.

The advisory board consisted of members from corporate sectors and education leaders. Deepak Parikh, Chairman of Housing Development Finance Corporation (HDFC) has been appointed as the chairman of the advisory board.

Apart from the chairman, other members were Dr Indu Shahani, founding president of ATLAS, Ronnie Screwvala & Mayank Kumar, Karan Singh (Bain), Vivek Pandit ( McKinsey) Jamil Khatri (KPMG), Anant Goenka (CEAT), Anjali Bansal (Avana), Aryaman Birla (Aditya Birla group), and Sanjay Gurbaxani (Mondelez). 

Some of the prominent members of the advisory board include upGrad founders, Ram Raghavan, Managing Director of Colgate-Palmolive (India) Limited (CPIL), Keshav Murugesh, Group Chief Executive Officer of WNS Global Services, Prof Russ Winter (NYU-Stern), Prof Tim Marshall (RMIT), & Carol Kim (Parsons). 

Check: ATLAS SkillTech University Courses 2022

UpGrad to Offer Support to ATLAS SkillTech University 

In the first phase to build out ATLAS SkillTech University, the edtech company UpGrad has committed to provide INR 150 crores. 

Ronnie Screwvala, Co-founder and Chairperson of UpGrad, said that the vision is to get the varsity achieve a position in the list of top 5 universities in India and make the university a centre for global excellence. 

UpGrad is dedicated to upskill the youngsters for the careers of tomorrow as India heads into the fourth industrial revolution, where innovation and creativity, and not labour arbitrage will be at core, Screwvala said. 

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