HOW GALGOTIAS UNIVERSITY IS GROOMING EXCEPTIONAL ACHIEVERS

What have the StockPe co-founder Shubham Rawal, E&Y Partner Dr. Avantika Tomar and Aaj Tak Anchor Shubhankar Mishra have in common? Many things may be, as they are all young high achievers, but mainly they are all alumni of Galgotias Group of Institutions. Having placed over 1 lakh students so far, including in some of the world’s most prestigious companies including Microsoft, Google & Mercedes Benz, Galgotias University is now extending its stellar placement record to its School of Liberal Education too. Under the visionary leadership of its young and dynamic CEO Dhruv Galgotia, the Group is also a powerhouse in startup incubation, with Galgotias campuses having spawned over 100 startups.

You must have heard about students founding their own startups. But have you ever heard about a student not only founding his startup but returning to his campus to found a full-fledged startup incubator that has progressed to over 800 members and acted as a catalyst for over 100+ campus startups?

That is the inspiring story of young entrepreneur Shubham Rawal, cofounder of noted startup StockPe, and the entrepreneurship cell at Galgotias University. And wonder of wonders, he did all the background work, while he was caring for his ailing father who was undergoing dialysis at various hospitals.

The inspiring story of Shubham Rawal has a heartrending milestone that will bring tears to your eyes - of his father passing away after a prolonged fight with kidney disease, and Shubham bagging his first round of funding the next day. The young entrepreneur credits his father for initiating him into coding and computers, and the CEO of Galgotias Group Dhruv Galgotia for providing him direction and all support as an entrepreneur.

Shubham’s high achievement is by no means an isolated incident. Dr. Avantika Tomar is a partner at Ernst & Young’s educational consulting division, Parthenon, where she advises governments, universities, corporates and other stakeholders on strategy and consulting. Earlier, she had worked with the Boston Consulting Group, and also with two leading corporates in Australia for around 5 years.

Dr. Avantika recently visited her alma mater, the Galgotias Group, home to Galgotias University (GU) and Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology (GCET) from where she had passed out as a BTech Mechanical Engineering graduate in 2006. Ace corporate leaders like Dr. Avantika symbolises the maturity Galgotias has achieved in higher education. Despite having seen the world, and being a high achiever in her young age - she is also a PhD holder from IIM Calcutta - Dr. Avantika was all praise for the rapid strides the Galgotias Group of Institutions had taken in the recent decades. She was especially appreciative of the entreprenurial culture which has incubated over hundreds of entreprenurial ventures with over one hundred of them progressing to be well defined startups.

She remembered with gratitude the support of Galgotias management and faculty and exhorted the current students to look beyond marks, and utilize the sprawling infrastructure and facilities at the Galgotias campuses to their full advantage.

Greater Noida based Galgotias University has swiftly emerged as a leader in the world of quality education by delivering consistently excellent results across academics, research and placements. Galgotias is inspired to carry forward the vision of Hon. PM Shri Narendra Modi Ji of making India a Vishwaguru and the dream of Hon. UP CM Shri Yogi AdityaNath Ji of making Uttar Pradesh a truly Global Knowledge Superpower.

It has recently achieved NAAC A+ accreditation with a high score that makes it the second highest among all state private universities in the country. In the NIRF 2022 Rankings too, Galgotias has achieved excellent ranks across several domains, including engineering, management and pharmacy. In the OBE Rankings 2022, the university is placed in the Platinum Band with Grade A++. Galgotias’ MBA and BPharm programs are also NBA accredited for adhering to world class standards.

When it comes to innovation too, the university has been top ranked, having been placed in the Excellent band under the Union Government’s ARIIA framework. And Galgotias University shot into national limelight when it received 3,99,373 applications under the newly introduced CUET exam, thereby becoming one among the topmost 8 preferred universities in the country for admissions.

For the academic year 2022-23, the university’s admissions are now open for several career focused UG/PG/PhD degrees across almost every domain including engineering, computer science, business, pharmacy, nursing, medical & allied sciences, law, hospitality & tourism, agriculture, media & communication studies, liberal education, basic & applied sciences, finance & commerce, and more. Under the dynamic leadership of its CEO Dhruv Galgotia, the young university has succeeded in attracting exceptional faculty, forged tie-ups with MNC majors like Infosys, Cognizant & Wipro for the benefit of students, and is also planning a major foray into the healthcare and hospitals sector.

Galgotias University has recently emerged as a national leader in higher education by bagging the highest benchmark in academic excellenceNAAC A+ accreditation - in its first accreditation cycle itself. With a NAAC Score of 3.37 out of 4, Galgotias has also become the only private university in Uttar Pradesh with such a high score, and the second highest among all state private universities in the country.

In the NIRF 2022 Rankings, Galgotias had attained 59th Rank in Pharmacy, 93rd Rank in Management and 147th Rank in Engineering.

With over 96% placements including in some of the world’s largest firms, during the last five years, including the most troubling pandemic years, the Greater Noida based Galgotias University has also achieved the escape velocity needed to climb to an international orbit.

For the 2021-22 batch, there were over 4500 offers from over 450 recruiters, with 32% students getting Dream Offers, and an overall average CTC of 5.25 Lakhs Per Annum. The highest package this year was Rs. 44 LPA from Microsoft, bagged by BTech CSE student Guru Prakash Singh.

In MBA placements too, Galgotias has come out with flying colours with 850+ offers from 300+ recruiters with highest CTC being Rs. 17.55 LPA and Average CTC being Rs. 5.10 LPA.

On the admissions front too, Galgotias has been faring well, coming in as the 8th most preferred university in CUET, after majors like Delhi University and BHU.

Almost all Departments of Galgotias have been faring excellently, with School of Hospitality & Tourism getting 2nd Rank in UP in GHRDC Survey; BPharm Program getting NBA accredited; School of Nursing achieving 100% placement; and School of Law getting 3rd Rank in a recent national survey.

Three GU students have also been selected for last year’s prestigious Google Summer of Code program. Galgotias University has also been ranked among the top institutions worldwide in teaching and facilities by the QS star rating system. Typically, when universities are assessed by the public or even some of the rating agencies, what counts more is the achievements - like campus placements, highest CTC, research projects, startups incubated etc. But for all such achievements to flow sustainably from a studentl, he or she needs to have emotional intelligence first. Otherwise such achievements will just be a one-off event that can’t be replicated for their own benefit and the benefit of the community around.

With this idea in mind, Galgotias University has been trying to inculcate emotional intelligence into its courses, and it had achieved a breakthrough when it became the first private university in India to conduct a value added course on non-violent communication.

The 30-hour value added course on nonviolent communications involved a series of lectures on the theme ‘NonViolent Communications’ designed and delivered by Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GSDS), Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India. The lecture series was an outcome of a collaborative effort of the Department of Humanities, School of Liberal Education, Galgotias University and GSDS.

The course was made available to Galgotias’ undergraduate and postgraduate students for their all-round development including academic and personal development. A pre and post survey too was conducted and presented in the event to map out behavioural change among the youngsters. The survey indicated a positive intervention and held the future prospect of constructive impact in students’ lives.

To ensure national standards for its postgraduate programs and to ensure greater transparency, Galgotias

Dr Avantika Tomar

University had become one of the eight additional universities that opted for the Common University Entrance Test PG (CUET PG). Earlier, the new test was launched with the participation of 42 participating universities, dominated by 35 Central Universities and prestigious names like Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi, and The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad.

With the farsighted vision by Galgotias University to be a pioneer in this new program by the Central Government, it has become one among 50 internationally renowned universities and institutes of India. Administered by the National Testing Agency (NTA), the CUET PG is an online entrance exam that provides a common platform and equal opportunities for admission to these 50 prestigious universities. It will be a computer based test for admissions to various courses like MA, MSc, MCom and LLM at these participating universities and will be conducted in both English and Hindi. Galgotias University had hosted the Grand Finale of Toycathon 2021-2022 (Physical Edition). Under the

‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Toycathon 2021 was conceived to challenge India’s innovative minds to conceptualize novel toy and games based on Bharatiya civilization, history, culture, mythology and ethos. Toycathon is an inter-ministerial initiative organised by the Ministry of Education’s Innovation Cell with the support from All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of Women and Child Development, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Ministry of MSME, Ministry of Textiles, and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

Galgotias University has been attracting top-notch talent to its advisory and faculty panels. The University had grabbed national eyeballs when it took in Justice JR Midha who had retired as a Delhi High Court Judge in 2021, to be an Advisor and Professor Emeritus at GU. The unique reason behind this enrollment was that Justice Midha has a vision to reform legal education in India. This renowned scholar and practitioner has been exhorting for an overhaul of professional advocacy skills based on the development of rational thinking, logical processes, legal reasoning and strong communication skills.

Soon enough, Justice Midha’s vision resulted in a first initiative, when Galgotias University launched India’s first judicial training programme under his mentorship. Galgotias’ School of Law has collaborated with Universal Institute of Legal Studies & Law Curators for this prestigious “Advanced Course on Judicial Service & Professional Advocacy”.

Galgotias University has also won much appreciation for providing this Value Added Course free of cost to the students. The course will prepare students to be updated on recent case laws, and inspire in them the