TERI School is now TERI University

New Delhi, Oct 9 (UNI) Less than a decade after it was set up, the TERI School of Advance Studies has been recognised as a university by the University Grants Commission.

The Board of Management of the School has opted to change the name to TERI University, school officials said.

The first convocation of the TERI University will be held on October 16 when seven students will receive their doctoral degrees and 36 others their master's degrees.

Infosys Technologies CEO and Managing Director, Nandan Nilekani, will deliver the convocation address.

Founded in 1998, the TERI School was recognised as a deemed-to-be-university a year later. It runs PhD programmes, MSc (Environmental Studies), MSc (Natural Resources Management), MA (Public Policy and Sustainable Development) and MBA (Infrastructure) courses.

''This is a major step in the growth trajectory of the University which has already established a name in the areas in which it offers master's and doctoral level programmes,'' said University Registrar Group Captain Rajiv Seth.

The doctoral programmes and research at the university are centered around the themes of natural resources management, biotechnology, policy and regulation, and energy and environment.

The university has Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies of the Yale University, Monash University and La Trobe University, Australia, Donald Danforth Plant Science Centre in the US and the University of Nottingham, UK.

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