Vendanta University
India’s higher education is dominated by tech and trade schools that provide training for specific and existing jobs. Indias need for universities is further exacerbated by a system functioning well beyond capacity; Existing universities can only offer one seat for every 10,000 qualified applicants.
Vendanta University attempts to introduce a more western and multidisciplinary approach to education. The project is in its planning stages and sited near Puri, Orissa along the coast of East India. Ayers Saint Gross was selected for the master planning. They decided to impose overlapping ovals upon the site—a symbolic gesture to Indian mythology. It’s a bit of a one liner and relatively uninteresting. However, it does seem to service the needs of the campus efficiently
The primary task for the university’s success will be its ability to attract world class faculty while convincing the relatively conservative population that value can be found through studying art theory or sociology.
The 21st Century Campus Series
Adam Gross Design Principal, Ayers Saint Gross
Pawan Agarwal Civil servant in the Indian Government and author of Indian Higher Education, Envisioning the Future
19 Washing Square North
16 December 2009
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