Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

The Man behind the glory...

The emphasis on academic standards and a holistic approach has made SRM an important education hub

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I f others learn your more, to actions dream do inspire more, more and leader." become more, you are a Any - person John Quincy in the Adams know of Mr. Ravi Pachamooth­oo, Chairman of the SRM Group, would allude this quote to him. Taking over the reins at an early age, Ravi Pachamooth­oo worked his way up the ladder, joining in the family enterprise, contributi­ng significan­tly to the expansion of SRM educationa­l institutio­ns all over the country. He has played a key role in bringing global attention to SRM University while aiding the process of knowledge exchange between SRM and internatio­nal students. Being a second generation educationa­list, he understand­s the importance of new age subjects and has thus enabled the implementa­tion of courses like ethical hacking and cyber networking security into the SRM curriculum. Known to have a keen eye for detail, Mr. Pachamooth­oo has set a high benchmark with excellent infrastruc­ture and research facilities made available to students at the various campuses of SRM University.

August 19th, 2013, the beginning of the first academic session at SRM University, Haryana marked another feather in the cap for Mr. Pachamooth­oo who spearheade­d the setting up of this world class institutio­n. Additional­ly, he has ensured a generous 25% reservatio­n for students from Haryana along with 100%, 50% and 25% fee concession, setting aside a whopping 25 lakhs towards the same annually. He has also set up the Chancellor Birthday Scholarshi­p awarded to 6 meritoriou­s students at the University.

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every student is our SRM strong pillar and a prospectiv­e gem of the country. I take this opportunit­y to say that our SRM University has been set up as an institutio­n of higher learning to meet this set of needs for a rapidly developing country

massive SRM institutio­n in Sikkim as well. Under his Chairmansh­ip, he has achieved great laurels for the University elevating SRM to Himalayan standards in the arena of higher education and research in the fields of engineerin­g, sciences and medicine. His generous nature and passion for education make him a lovable academicia­n among his colleagues and students towards tion over deservedly Education For and a his the alike. academia decade, awarded tireless cause Edupreneur­s of he for services the educa- well best was Award Dr Governor His leadership K.Rosaiah, by of His Tamil Excellency qualities Nadu. The have laborative resulted partnershi­ps in fruitful with colprestig­ious MIT, U.S, Birmingham institutio­ns City like University, Institute of UK, Technology, Kyushu Japan, University of Western Australia, Australia recognizin­g the global standards of the SRM Group in education and administra­tion. Seen as a pioneering visionary, he well understand­s the changing landscape of Indian education. As he puts very succinctly, "every student is our SRM strong pillar and a prospectiv­e gem of the country. I take this opportunit­y to say that our SRM University has been set up as an institutio­n of higher learning to meet this set of needs for a rapidly developing country."

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