Azim Premji University, Bangalore

Azim Premji University is a private university located in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, established in 2010 by the Azim Premji Foundation and set up under the Azim Premji University Act (2010), recognised by the University Grants Commission under section 2F. It is named after Azim Premji, an Indian businessman and philanthropist who was chairman of Wipro Limited. The university offers undergraduate degrees (BA and BSc) in subjects such as Economics, Social Science, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science and Sustainability, Information Sciences, Mathematics, Physics, English, History, and Philosophy, along with postgraduate degrees in Education, Development, Economics, and Public Health, plus nearly 150 short courses. Anurag Behar was the founding Vice-Chancellor, while Richa Govil currently serves in that role, with Gautam Pandey heading the Bhopal campus. The university moved from Electronic City to a 90-acre campus on Sarjapur-Attibele Road in Bengaluru in 2020, which includes classrooms, residential facilities, a library, seminar halls, and an Azim Premji School. A second campus opened in Bhopal in 2023, with future campuses planned in Ranchi and Palashbari. Research at the university focuses on social sciences, including a Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability established in 2019.