Edu-leaders

The premier engineering institute of country- Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai and Amity University are among 17 institutions that have pitched bids to New York City to set up a campus for study and research in applied sciences and engineering.

Seven proposals to build an engineering and technology campus in the City were submitted by universities around the world. IIT- Bombay and Amity University are from India. It may be noted that Amity University has its campuses in Dubai and London.  Other renowned contestants in the competition include Stanford and Cornell University.

Columbia University, New York University, Carnegie Mellon University and Rockefeller University have also entered into race. The names of the winners will be announced in the first month of 2012. The winner will get free land and as much as $100 million for the improvement of infrastructure.

It may be noted that the mayor of New York City Michael R. Bloomberg had invited proposals in July this year, for the right to open a world-class campus for engineering and applied science. He said last week that he may award multiple winners. The project may generate $6 billion in economic activity with as many as 400 new companies and 22,000 permanent jobs in its first 30 years, Bloomberg said.

“Clearly this has the potential to be a real game changer for this city,” Bloomberg said. “All of the submissions were stronger than anything we could have possibly imagined.” He has said that all the proposals will be evaluated and there is no one front runner. The city has formed a committee to evaluate the proposals. The committee will consider the project’s ability to create permanent jobs, develop a financially self-sustaining campus and its proposed community relations and partnerships.