By next year, the Masters Post-Gradute
education of SIMC is expected to shift to a completely residential campus,
spread over 300 acres of verdant hills and valleys, in the vicinity of the
city. The Under-Graduate (BMS) shall be initiated in the current Viman Nagar
campus.
The campus is envisaged to be of international standards and will provide state
of the art facilities and amenities for both studying and living. The Lavale
campus is the fulfillment of our founder Dr S B Mujumdar's dream of creating a
world-class university capus which will be called the Symbiosis Knowledge
Village.
This campus be an eco-friendly green zone where motor cars using conventional
fuels will not be permitted to ply. Instead there will be CNG-powered shuttle
busses. Students will be encouraged to walk or use bicycles.
Rain harvesting will allow water to be stored in large quantities which will be
used to water the large number of plants. The entire campus will be lush green
and a large number of trees of suitable species will be planted to enhance the
existing flora. The architectural design of the building is meant to maximize
ventilation and use available natural light which will reduce the dependence on
electrical lighting and air-conditioning. Roof gardens will be developed to
provide insulation from cold and heat.
SIMC will be shifting to this new campus in the next academic year.
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