Bengaluru Launches India's First Green University

Bengaluru has inaugurated India's first greenfield deemed-to-be university, the Ramaiah Institute of Science and Management (RISM). This new institution is designed as a next-generation STEM and management university, focusing on resilience, translational research, and societal impact. Its curriculum and culture are built around the principle of "Build. The Future."

Academic operations will commence in August 2026 at a transit campus, with the main residential campus near Devanahalli slated for full operation by September 2028. RISM aims to address a 40-year lag in India's education sector compared to industry liberalization since 1990, by offering experiential, outcome-based learning embedded with industry from the outset.

A key feature of RISM is its genuine knowledge partnership with the University at Albany, State University of New York. This collaboration emphasizes co-developed curricula, faculty engagement, shared academic standards, international pathways, and research collaboration, moving beyond transactional arrangements.

The institution operates as a triad: RISM (university), Ramaiah Academy Foundation (skill development), and Vyuha Deep Science (Deep Science Translational Research Centre). This ecosystem spans from learning to commercialization, preparing graduates for the age of AI with adaptability, ethical grounding, and a focus on societal impact.

Professors highlighted that RISM will redefine higher education by shifting from credentialing to capability-building. It will merge rigorous fundamentals with applied engagement, featuring industry-embedded projects, a Mentor Professor model with senior industry leaders, and interdisciplinary schools in AI and aerospace, among others.