Plaksha University

Plaksha University Plaksha Uni aims to reimagine tech education and nurture tech leaders to solve future challenges We offer four highly interdisciplinary undergraduate degrees.

Welcome to Plaksha, a technology university for the future, set up by a global community of entrepreneurs, business leaders, and academicians to reimagine technology education and research. Our vision is to nurture the next generation of fearless leaders who will solve some of the toughest challenges facing our planet. To this end, we empower students with a deep understanding of science and techn

ology, nurture an entrepreneurial mindset and provide them with an research ecosystem. Each degree is unique, cutting-edge, forward-looking, and aligned with the needs of the 21st century. B.Tech majors:
- Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence
- Robotics & Cyber-Physical Systems
- Biological Systems Engineering
- Data Science, Economics and Business

Faculty at Plaksha have Ph.D degrees from leading institutions such as MIT, Stanford, Cambridge, NTU, IITs, IISc, TIFR. The programs are guided by an eminent board including Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee; Shankar Sastry, Former Dean of Engineering of UC Berkeley; Sriram Rajamani, Managing Director of Microsoft Research India; Julia Ross, Dean, Virginia Tech, and BN Jain of IIT Delhi. Dr. Rudra Pratap is the Founding Vice-Chancellor of Plaksha University. He was till recently the Deputy Director of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Founding Chairperson of the Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE) and a Professor in the Centre, as well as of Mechanical Engineering at IISc, Bangalore. To know more about the admissions process, students can register/apply at https://apply.plaksha.org.

SoW is ready to inspire the next generation of problem-solvers.Launched on June 14 in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Science on W...
23/06/2026

SoW is ready to inspire the next generation of problem-solvers.

Launched on June 14 in Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Science on Wheels (SoW) is taking immersive, hands-on STEM learning to students in rural, remote, tribal, and border region schools across Chhattisgarh, Himachal Pradesh, and Punjab.

Through activities centred on challenges of local and global relevance, students will explore space technology, rockets and satellites, robotics, water filtration, and sustainable development, connecting scientific concepts with real-world issues in their communities.

Led by Plaksha University, in partnership with IIT Mandi and IDYM Foundation, the initiative is supported by the Department of Science and Technology and the National Council for Science and Technology Communication.

At Plaksha, we believe meaningful science education must go beyond classrooms, reaching learners wherever they are and inspiring them to imagine, experiment, and build.

The initiative is led by Prof Rucha Joshi and Prof Shashank Tamaskar from Plaksha University, along with Ratnesh Mishra, Co-founder and President, IDYM Foundation and Harshad Vijay Kulkarni, Co-Principal Investigator, IIT Mandi.

Most third-year students are learning about global challenges in the classroom. Prerit Rathi stepped out to help shape t...
19/06/2026

Most third-year students are learning about global challenges in the classroom. Prerit Rathi stepped out to help shape them and joined the World Youth Development Forum (WYDF) 2026.

Nominated by UNDP, he represented India at WYDF 2026, held across Shanghai and Wuhan, China. He was one of only two Indian delegates selected for the Forum and the sole Indian representative in AI leadership. He engaged with the United Nations Leadership, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, and young leaders from more than 100 countries and regions to discuss solutions to some of the world’s most pressing challenges.

His participation at WYDF 2026 is the latest milestone in a journey marked by innovation and leadership. Prerit is a 2023 UN Millennium Fellow and was among 500 emerging technologists globally recognized by the United Nations MCN across 38 countries in 2023. He also won the National Innovation Dialogue 2024, organized by UNDP and NITI Aayog.

Congratulations, Prerit. Wishing you more milestones ahead!

16/06/2026

Building robots in the lab. Exploring AI before it became mainstream. Learning to take on difficult problems without fear.

When Plaksha alumni reflect on their time here, they speak not only about what they learned but also about how they learned it. Through real-world applications, immersive lab experiences, and early exposure to emerging technologies, they built technical expertise, leadership skills, and the confidence to create something from nothing.

Today, our alumni are making an impact across organizations such as BCG, McKinsey, DE Shaw, ZS Associates, Expedia, Policybazaar, Nagarro, Capital 2B, LAT Aerospace, and JM Financial, while also building ventures including Marbles Health, Kaksha.AI, Dooritt, Infer, Invaro, and Unoffended Labs.

Hear their stories. Watch the full video.

May offered two visions of the future. As the NASSCOM Chairperson took the stage in Mumbai to map how AI is redefining c...
12/06/2026

May offered two visions of the future. As the NASSCOM Chairperson took the stage in Mumbai to map how AI is redefining careers and work, hundreds of high school students were on the Plaksha campus building robots, exploring biology beyond medicine, and applying data science to real challenges at YTS+.

We closed the month inspired by the energy of young minds and the possibilities they are already creating.

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Behind every great program is the faculty that defines what it can become. Plaksha's MS in AI brings together researcher...
10/06/2026

Behind every great program is the faculty that defines what it can become.

Plaksha's MS in AI brings together researchers and practitioners trained at Stanford, UC Berkeley, Oxford, Penn Engineering, NTU, and industry leaders from Microsoft Research, SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute), spanning every dimension of the AI field, from core ML and NLP to AI safety, systems, and venture-scale deployment.

The result is a one-year, residential program that does not just teach AI, but puts you in the room with the people advancing it. Along with rigorous AI fundamentals, students undertake a five-month Industry Immersion Project and work through a curriculum built in partnership with Penn Engineering.

Applications close today.

09/06/2026

's MS in AI is built on a simple conviction: that we are living through one of the most consequential technological shifts in human history, and that the leaders who shape it will need more than technical fluency.

The one-year, residential program combines rigorous AI fundamentals with a five-month Industry Immersion Project, faculty trained at Stanford, UC Berkeley, Oxford, Purdue, NTU and the IITs, and a curriculum developed in partnership with Penn Engineering.

At a recent event in Mumbai, that conviction found an unexpected echo. Srikanth Velamakanni, Chairperson, NASSCOM and Co-founder and Group CEO of Fractal, told young professionals that the ability to learn fast, build things with real-world value, and lead with an entrepreneurial mindset are what this era demands. "It is not about using the tools," he said, "but revamping them."

Watch the video to know more.

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Inspired by the rhythms and architecture of the Plaksha campus, The Gravityless Sky — a mural artwork by Parul Sharma (...
09/06/2026



Inspired by the rhythms and architecture of the Plaksha campus, The Gravityless Sky — a mural artwork by Parul Sharma ( ) traces movement, observation, and the experience of being within a space.

28/05/2026

Most engineering students spend four years wondering if they chose the right major/stream. Freshmore exists so Plaksha students do not have to.

For the first three semesters, every BTech student follows the same curriculum across sciences, mathematics, computing, economics and design. It also comprises the Innovation and Grand Challenge Studio, where interdisciplinary teams work on open-ended real-world problems — prototyping and iterating toward solutions that do not have a single right answer.

After three semesters, students choose from four BTech majors: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Economics and Business, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, and Biological Systems Engineering.

Hear directly from the students who experienced Freshmore firsthand.

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