About Us - School of Management for Infrastructure and Development Strategies

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).

	Provide holistic training for mentoring domain-ready infrastructure managers, who have the ability and grit to
			convert the huge investments in India’s infrastructure sector into quality facilities;
			upgrade the country’s existing infrastructure set-up; and
			sustain high infrastructure service levels in the country by adopting better management paradigms and practices.

MISSION
			Bridge the gap between demand and availability of a new generation of responsive, responsible and proactive infrastructure planners, managers & administrators in India; and
			Ensure a steady supply of highly competent techno-managerial personnel for the country’s infrastructure sector.

Major Thrust Areas
	The First Infrastructure Management School of its kind in India and the developing world, MINDS caters to the managerial demands of various infrastructure areas such as:
			Transport including
		a	Railways
		b	Airways
		c	Ports/ Shipping Lines
		d	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