VISIT TO SHOOLINI UNIVERSITY, SOLAN

“Unlocking Innovation Through Counsellors Toolkit”

Two-day Certificate Program for School/College Counsellors

Shoolini University is as ranked India’s number 1 private University (Times Higher Education Rankings 2023) & India’s Top 100 NIRF University (2022).

The University is a brainchild of Dr. P.K. Khosla (Commonwealth Fellow & an alumnus of Oxford University) and Founder, Vice Chancellor Prof. Atul Khosla (alumnus of IIT Kanpur Jamnalal Bajaj Mumbai who has worked in top companies like Mckinsey & Oliver Wyman.)

At Shoolini students are trained to impact the community, they have planted more than 10,000 trees every year. Village schools are adopted, and scholarships are given to meritorious underprivileged students. Shoolini students have filed 1400 patents and are a research-centric Institute. Students are encouraged to research not only in science but all other disciplines, like subjects in Law and management.

There were some very informative and interactive sessions

“Personal Branding for Studying Abroad” by Dr. Ashoo Khosla on writing Essays for admissions to Universities in India & Abroad.

“Exciting World of Design” was taken up as the next Topic of Discussion by Prof. Amit Ray, retired Professor of IIT Kanpur Dean School of Design at Shoolini.

• “What is IPR? Basics and Importance of Patenting”

By Mihir Sharma an undergraduate second-year Bio-Tech student at Shoolini.

• “Research Benefits to a school student & a Journey of Patenting from School’s perspective” by a second-year undergraduate student Neharika Ann Mann

• “Student Entrepreneurship” Learning by doing.

Management students at Shoolini run “Chai-Shack” a café enabling students to run a business on campus.

This was started by students and is managed and operated by the students. They have adopted a variety of technology-based methods in billing, payments, and accounting systems.