Anant National University Partners With World's Leading Universities

AHMEDABAD, India, February 15, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

Anant National University, India's pioneer in the field of sustainable design thinking, recently entered into formal partnerships with four of the most prestigious international universities - University of Pennsylvania, University of Miami, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, and Tel Aviv University. Through these alliances, all partners intend to share their skills and knowledge with each other in terms of faculty and student exchange, exposure trips, academic support and more.

AnantU, in collaboration with University of Pennsylvania, one of the top private Ivy League research universities in the United States of America, is now offering a course in Master of Design - Integrated Product Design (MDes - IPD) which combines the disciplines of engineering, management and design. Faculty from University of Miami (THE World University Ranking 186) have already begun taking classes for students at Anant National University.

Like Ahmedabad-based AnantU, its Israeli partners, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design and Tel Aviv University, also share their belief in interdisciplinary solutions created with global thinking. Together they envision to offer courses that accelerate the betterment of youth. These collaborations are a big step towards AnantU's ambition of becoming a world leader in facilitating sustainable built environment.

About Anant National University  

Anant National University, located in the sprawling Sanskardham Campus in Ahmedabad, is preparing to be India's leading private teaching and research university in the fields of built environment, design, and sustainability.

The university is led by a cadre of eminent people from academia, business, and government, each of whom are leaders in their respective fields. Some members of AnantU's Governing Board: Mr. Ajay Piramal, President, Anant National University (Chairman, Piramal Group and Shriram Group); Dr. Pramath Raj Sinha, Provost, Anant National University (Founding Dean, Indian School of Business; Founder & Trustee, Ashoka University); Mr. Abhishek Lodha (Managing Director, Lodha Group); Mr. Adil Zainulbhai (Chairman, Network18; Chairman, Quality Council of India; Former Chairman, McKinsey & Co., India); Ms. Indira Parikh (Founder President, FLAME University); Dr. Sudhir Jain (Director, IIT Gandhinagar) and several others.