About Us
The School of Management for Infrastructure and Development Strategies – India (MINDS) was launched at Bangalore on August 27, 2004. It became functional officially on July 1, 2005. The School is a Division of the Centre for Symbiosis of Technology, Environment & Management (STEM), Bangalore, a not-for-profit multi-disciplinary professional Society with nearly two decades’ standing in Development Research, Consultancy & Training. The MINDS academic activities are reinforced by STEM’s substantial sectoral exposure and special academic, industry & employer linkages. MINDS enjoys the status of an Extension Centre of Karnataka’s prestigious Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU).
Objectives
MINDS seeks to
- bridge the gap between demand and availability of a new generation of responsive, responsible and proactive infrastructure planners, managers & administrators in developing countries, in general; and
- create a pool of competent techno-managerial personnel for India’s infrastructure sector.
Major Thrust Areas
- Transport including
- Railways
- Airways
- Ports/ Shipping Lines
- Highways
- Energy & Power
- Telecommunications
- Water & Sanitation
- Urban Development including Services
- Rural Development & Provision of Urban Amenities in Rural Areas – PURA
- Housing, Slums & Poverty Alleviation
- Health & Education
- ICT in Infrastructure
- Local Governance and
- Community Leadership