A few miles north of Hyderabad and slightly hidden away behind the main office of Tech Mahindra you find the campus of Mahindra University. The quality of the construction and the attention to the detail of cleanliness and maintenance are immediately impressive, and reminiscent of the best Universities in North America.

“Academically led, but run on business principles”. Around the world it is possible to find Universities that will talk of themselves this way, but the statement is not always borne out in practice. In our visit to Bennett University in February 2023, we were struck by how intrinsically blended the two are in this context.

Last month, we were generously hosted at KREA University in Sri City, about 90 minutes’ drive from Chennai. We had heard a lot about the University: it is viewed as one-to-watch in the sector at the moment.