AsiaOne Magazine April-May 2018 Issue

GLOBAL asian
2017
Dr P Shyama
Raju
the youngest educational institute in the country to have
been accorded university status. The university, with
its strength of over 10,000 students that includes a fair
number of international students too, offers multiple
courses that range from humanities, engineering to
business management. As a constant facilitator of
knowledge, imparting education has been his mission
and the sole purpose of his life is to ensure that REVA
University empowers learners with knowledge and
skills that will enable them to create opportunities and
build a better society. The very motto of REVA University,
‘Knowledge is Power’, is worn like a badge of honour
and the Honourable Chancellor acts as a mentor and
guardian ensuring the holistic development of the
students. A visionary to the core, he is a builder of
careers, and the one who channelizes efforts in the right
direction, facilitating conversion of dreams into reality.
GLISTENINg DREAMS
With a dream of making it big in the field of architecture,
Dr Raju — an aspiring young man from a village in Andhra
Pradesh — arrived in Bengaluru to conquer and establish
his architectural brilliance around the city. From being
an employee of the Bengaluru City Corporation to
the owner of one of the most revolutionising building
companies of the world, he has toiled day and night to
achieve such mammoth success.
His strategic and managerial brilliance has not been
limited to DivyaSree only, in fact, a very poignant and
profound proof of his imagination and vision stands
proudly in the form of REVA University. With the sole
aim of giving back to the society, Dr Raju established
Rukmini Educational Charitable Trust in the name
of his beloved wife Late Smt Rukmini Shyamaraju.
Believing in the fact that education is the foundation for
development of any human being and considering the
youth as the wealth of the nation, he aims to prepare well
educated youth with ethical and moral values and social
commitment who would become leaders of tomorrow and
enable India to become the most advanced and developed
country in the world. Thus, he is determined to create world
class infrastructure to impart quality education with an
emphasis on research, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Owing to his dedicated efforts, today, REVA University is a
torch-bearer in the field of higher learning, moving steadily
up the rankings in excellence. His yearning for excellence,
value system, promotion of research and innovation have
resulted in a global approach towards every knowledgeable
medium that taps the latent and innate possibilities in the
young minds and the establishment of REVA Academy for
Corporate Excellence (RACE) is indeed one of the steps in
this direction and a feather in the cap of REVA University.
THE SAgA OF SUCCESS
He started with bringing in a lot of best practices in the
offering of quality education to students – the outcome
based education system has been deployed to meet the
objective of program. The outcome in-terms of project
based assessment led to imparting hands-on experience
to the students. Most of the reputed magazines and
branding agencies have rated the University as the most
trusted & emerging brand in education because of these
best practices. All engineering programs being accredited
by NBA and science program by NAAC endorse the quality
of education. Dr P Shyama Raju has also introduced many
technology enabled education systems to incorporate
the Digital features, through online service & e-learning
resources. The collaboration with many industries & NSDC
provides skill development activities aligning to “Skill India”
initiative of Govt. of India. Also, Collaboration with many
foreign Universities has encouraged faculty & student
exchange programs & collaborative research activities.
MARCHINg TOWARdS A GLORIOUS FUTURE
A hands-on person, Dr Raju believes in addressing every
minute detail of the functioning of the university and
can be often seen intermingling with students during
his innumerable walks around the campus. Vehemently
believing in adapting to the changing requirements of the
education, he asserts, “Education during recent years has
witnessed a great transformation. Today’s society, termed
as “Knowledge Society” has brought about unprecedented
economic and social growth. This has propelled universities
“ dr raju’s message to the youth is – ‘there is no
shortcut for hard work, never stop your planned work
for any reasons, develop dedication, commitment and
involvement in your job and do your job with joy’ ”
94 | ASIA ONE | april-mAY 2018