Alliance University

Alliance University is a non-profit private university[6] that was established in the State of Karnataka by act no. 34 of year 2010 under the recognition of University Grants Commission[7] of Ministry of Education (India) (MoE). The university offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes[8] in the academic disciplines of business, engineering, technology, liberal arts, applied mathematics, commerce, and law under the aegis of its flagship constituent colleges Alliance School of Business, Alliance College of Engineering and Design, Alliance School of Law, Alliance Ascent College, Alliance School of Liberal Arts, and the Alliance School of Applied Mathematics.

Alliance University
ಅಲಯನ್ಸ್ ವಿಶ್ವವಿದ್ಯಾಲಯ
Coat of arms
Former names
Alliance Business Academy (1995)[1] Alliance Business School (2005)[2]
MottoGyanashya Shaktihi Buddhaiya Prakasham (Sanskrit)
Motto in English
The Strength of Knowledge is the Light to Wisdom; is a Sanctum of Higher Learning
TypePrivate University
Established2010 (2010)
AffiliationUGC, IACBE, AACSB, AICTE, BCI, AIU
ChancellorPremanand Shetty[3]
Vice-ChancellorAnubha Singh[3]
Academic staff
216[4]
Students6482[4]
Undergraduates5198[4]
Postgraduates1220[4]
64[4]
Address
Anekal
,
Bangalore
,
Karnataka
,
India
CampusUrban, 55 acres (0.2 km2)
LanguageEnglish
Colors    Maroon, navy blue, white[5]
Websitealliance.edu.in

History and governance

Alliance University grew out of the "Alliance Business School", which was founded around 2005 and in turn grew out of the "Alliance Business Academy", which had been founded in the mid-1990s.[9] Madhukar G. Angur, then the faculty of University of Michigan, was an Honorary Dean of the Alliance Business School and his brother, Sudhir G. Angur, was the President.[10][11]

Alliance University was the first private university in the state of Karnataka and in South India. It was established under the Karnataka State legislation.[12] The sponsoring body of the university is Alliance Business School Pvt. Ltd, run by the Angur family, and until 2017 the university's chancellor was Sudhir G. Angur.[13]

As of 2016 it had around 6,500 students studying under its flagship constituent colleges.[14]

In March 2021 the board of management appointed Prof. Premanand Shetty as the Chancellor, Abhay G. Chebbi as the Pro Chancellor, and Dr. Anubha Singh as the Vice Chancellor of the university.[3]

Alliance University Emblem

Constituent units
Faculty of Management Studies & Commerce Alliance School of Business Alliance Ascent College
Faculty of Science & Technology Alliance College of Engineering & Design Department of Sciences Alliance School of Applied Mathematics
Faculty of Humanities, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Alliance School of Law Alliance School of Liberal Arts

Academics

The university offers baccalaureate concentrations, postgraduate offerings, doctoral degree programs and several executive education programs; University conducts educational programmes leading to the degree of Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Master of Technology (M.Tech.), Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Master of Business Administration (MBA), Bachelor of Commerce (Hons.) (B.Com.), Integrated Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) with Arts (BA, LLB), Integrated Bachelors of Law (Hons.) with Business Administration (BBA, LLB), Master of Laws (LLM), Bachelor of Arts (BA Hons.) in Liberal Arts, Bachelor of Sciences (B.Sc. Hons.) in Interdisciplinary Sciences, Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), Bachelor of Visual Arts (BVA), Bachelor of Design (B.Des.), Master of Arts (MA) in Economics, Master of Sciences (M.Sc.) in Data Science, and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in business, engineering, applied mathematics, sciences, law and other interdisciplinary areas. In addition to the full-time programmes, the university also offers a wide variety of on-campus and flexi mode executive education programmes leading to (Global MBA) and Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Management (EPGDM).

Admissions

Alliance University admission processes and eligibility criteria are respect to merit basis. The admission process is based on the course candidate opts for with the following parameters of evaluation considering the applicants'

  • Past Academic Performance
  • Entrance Test Score (Alliance University Scholastic Aptitude Test)
  • Versatility and Achievements
  • Oral Extempore
  • Essay Composition followed by a Personal Interview.

Alliance University also conducts its university entrance test and personal interview in Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, & New Delhi cities on every academic year.[15]

Rankings
University and Engineering College rankings
Engineering – India
NIRF (2020)[16]159
Business/Management – India
NIRF (2020)[17]39
Private colleges: 
Outlook India (2020)[18]16

The National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranked Alliance College of Engineering and Design at 159 among engineering colleges in 2020.[16] It ranked Alliance School of Business at 39 among business schools in 2020.[17] Outlook India ranked Alliance School of Business 16 among private business schools in India in 2020.[18]

Alumni

Alliance Alumni Association (AAA) manages interactions with the alumni of the university. Alumni Reunion, a yearly event serves as a rendezvous. Some of the prominent alumni include entrepreneur and philanthropist Rajashree Birla and Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi.[19][20]

Leadership disputes

As early as 2014 disputes within the Angur family began interrupting the management of the university; in 2015 Madhukar G. Angur removed his brother, sister, and other family members from the board and filed police charges that they had stolen money and mismanaged the university.[21]

In February 2016 Madhukar G. Angur was arrested on rape charges, then released, and further rape allegations were made again in the next month.[22][23]

Around April 2016 Madhukar G. Angur was fired as chancellor and replaced by his brother, Sudhir G. Angur, and by June the power struggle within the family for control led to the university being closed for two weeks and semester-end exams were indefinitely postponed.[24] The university went on holidays two more times in 2016;[14] in September Madhukar Angur forcibly took back the chancellorship, and the next month his brother forcibly took it back.[25]

Government intervention

In November 2016 a government-appointed investigation by M.I. Savadatti reported that it found that between 2010 and 2016 Madhukar G. Angur had been "deeply involved in committing huge financial irregularities causing wrongful loss to Alliance University a total amount of INR 107 Crore"[26][27] (around US$14 million).

Students and their families began to request refunds, and appealed to the government of Karnataka to intervene.[28] The government had no legal right to intervene in a private university, and in November worked to change the law so that it could.[29] In December 2017 the government appointed an administrator with unspecified tenure and said that the Angurs could no longer be involved in managing the operations of the university.[30]

As of March 2018 litigation between family members over control of the university was pending in the High Court.[31]

References
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  2. https://kshec.ac.in/Acts/Alliance.pdf
  3. "University Officers - Alliance University".
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  5. "alliance at a Glance". Alliance University. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 October 2018. Retrieved 12 August 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "University". www.ugc.ac.in.
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  9. "Alliance offers management diploma". The Hindu. 8 June 2006.
  10. Veenhuis, David (7 February 2010). "U investigates professor". The Michigan Times. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
  11. Govindarajan, Nirmala (17 July 2007). "Biz schools beckon the gals - Times of India". The Times of India.
  12. Kurup, Deepa (20 March 2010). "Private varsities Bills draw flak for 'arbitrary approval process'". The Hindu.
  13. Prasad, Shyam (11 May 2017). "HC puts students first in Alliance's internal dispute". Bangalore Mirror.
  14. "Alliance varsity declares holidays yet again". The Hindu. 16 October 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  15. "Important Information –alliance university". Retrieved 13 September 2019.
  16. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Engineering)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  17. "National Institutional Ranking Framework 2020 (Management)". National Institutional Ranking Framework. Ministry of Education. 11 June 2020.
  18. "Outlook-ICARE MBA Rankings: Top 150 Private MBA Institutions Outlook India Magazine". Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  19. "Alliance University presented the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy ( honoris causa ) to Padma Bhushan SMT. Rajashree Birla on February 7, 2015".
  20. "The Alliance University conferred 2014 Nobel Laureate Mr. Kailash Satyarthi and Padma Bhushan SMT. Rajashree Birla the Honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree".
  21. Kumar, Praveen (6 May 2015). "Alliance sours: B-school in family feud". Bangalore Mirror.
  22. "Chancellor of private varsity held for rape - Times of India". The Times of India. 7 February 2016.
  23. Gowda, Aravind (7 March 2016). "Second rape case against Alliance University chancellor Madhukar G Angur". India Today.
  24. Kulkarni, Tanu (27 June 2016). "Alliance University students bear the brunt of family feud". The Hindu. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  25. Ram, Theja (11 November 2017). "As a family feud spirals out of control, students of Alliance University get harassed". The News Minute.
  26. Joshi, Bharath (11 November 2016). "Panel finds Rs 107-cr scam at Karnataka's first private varsity Alliance University". The Economic Times.
  27. Kulkarni, Tanu (11 November 2017). "Government mulling over taking control of Alliance University". The Hindu.
  28. "Government may appoint administrator for Alliance University". The Hindu. 17 December 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2017.
  29. Belur, Rashmi (12 November 2017). "Karnataka will amend Education act to rein in private varsities". The New Indian Express.
  30. Belur, Rashmi (15 December 2017). "Government appoints administrative officer for Alliance university". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  31. Belur, Rashmi (3 March 2018). "Alliance University students approach government for fee refunded". The New Indian Express.
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