Azim Premji University

About Us

Azim Premji University was established in Karnataka by the Azim Premji University Act 2010 as a not-for-profit University and is recognized by The University Grants Commission (UGC) under Section 2F.

The University's beginnings are in the learning and experience of a decade of work in elementary education by the Azim Premji Foundation. The University was founded as one of the critical responses to the constraints and challenges that the Foundation encountered both within and in the environment and as part of a larger strategy to contribute to its education and Development sectors.

VISION

Education for Social Change

To contribute to the realization of a just, equitable, humane, and sustainable society.

MISSION

Azim Premji University will create outstanding and effective programs that -

• Prepare graduates with great competence, integrity, and social commitment
• Expand the frontiers of knowledge in education, development, and allied fields through research
• Support and enhance the work of the education and development sectors in the country through continuing education
• Contribute to change in policy and practice in the Indian education and development sectors through advocacy and public communication

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY

Azim Premji University's educational programs aim to prepare graduates with great competence, integrity, and social commitment. These qualities are the necessary Foundation for flourishing and life of informed and ethical action. The above mission requires us to respond to the question, "What is good Education?".