EOY2013

TRUSTEE’S MESSAGE
Our cardinal principle at Ansal University is that we are ‘learning-centric’ and not ‘system-driven’. For us, the seminal
activity is the interaction between a teacher and a student, whether within a classroom or without. Every other is a support
to this seminal activity. The freedom of academic enquiry precedes all.
Each of our eight schools and programmes has its own specific pedagogy, methodology and emphasis. But still there are
some common qualities that mark an Ansal University education. This includes the high quality of our dedicated faculty
which has an international outreach, the small intimate size of our programmes and classes, the emphasis on dialogue
outside the classroom and the intensive nature of the education. Among these I wish to highlight two aspects that make
Ansal University experience truly distinct. First is a hands-on, discovery mode of learning: enquiry by doing. Across the
different programmes, there is an emphasis on concrete doing, of moving forward from concrete problems to solutions
and not from abstract principles or rote learning.
This segues into the second aspect of the unique Ansal University experience. This is the hands-on enquiry that happens
under the rubric of ‘Trans-Disciplinary Learning’. TDL, as it has come to be known, builds on the long tradition of a liberal
arts education: to think, learn, question and research liberally, freely and yet in a disciplined manner without disciplinary
boundaries. TDL emphasizes a necessary width of horizon in contrast to a narrow vocational focus and encourages
students towards dialogue and team-building. It espouses in itself all the aspects of a good education.
Our excellence is well illustrated by the global and national recognition our students and faculty have garnered. Across
the schools, our students have won national and international awards, our faculty has published in high-impact journals
and the University has hosted a number of international conferences. What has been truly remarkable are the many
international tie-ups as well as the students and faculty exchange programmes that have poured into the various schools.
We remain focused on the service of our nation, but our benchmarks are truly global. Our students step out confidently
not only into a fast growing country but as leaders in a global arena.
At Ansal University, we have embarked on a boundless journey of enquiry with imagination, discipline and determination. The
works, activities and conference notes contained in the year book here are a testimony to this and a harbinger of things to come.
SHEETAL ANSAL
TRUSTEE ANSAL UNIVERSITY
Work by Deepak Aggarwal - SSAA Student