Alliance University. Bangalore

Alliance University is a private university located in Karnataka, India, offering undergraduate, postgraduate, executive, and doctoral programs in business, engineering, technology, liberal arts, applied mathematics, commerce, and law through its constituent colleges. It was originally established in 1995 as Alliance Business Academy, later becoming Alliance Business School in 2005, and attained university status in 2010 through Karnataka State Act No. 34, with recognition from the University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi. Its central campus is on Chandapura-Anekal Main Road in Bangalore City, featuring sporting facilities, an administrative block, a central library, learning center, labs, a fitness and activity center, food outlets, and student residences. The university also launched the Quantum AI School for Advanced Research at its Electronic City, Bengaluru campus, described as India's first Integrated Deep Tech School. The institution has faced significant controversies, including rape allegations against founder-chancellor Madhukar G. Angur in 2016, a family power struggle over chancellorship, financial irregularities investigation findings of INR 107 Crore, government intervention, and the 2019 arrest of co-founder Sudhir Angur in connection with a murder investigation. The university also hosts major events like the Alliance Literary Festival and Alliance ONE.