Wisdom from the periphery

Located far away from Delhi, Sikkim University adopted daring innovations and transforming practices.

When we set out to build the first national university in Sikkim in 2007, our mission was to initiate a robust national institution with a global orientation and a strong local ethos. Some of the best minds engaged in the development and management of higher education from various national and international institutions were brought to Gangtok. This critical mass provided the new institution with an orientation that would suit its location in a mountainous area with affluent biodiversity and intellectual heritage. Many of us who were associated with some of the best educational institutions firmly believed in not replicating any model. So the primary determinants were a core quality faculty, students from all across the nation, and a management team with distinct professionalism.