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Referring to us as “The impressive new NIIT University”, Business Standard profiled the unique architectural features of the University which create an ideal environment for life on campus. At Neemrana, traditional thinking has come together with futuristic and sustainable living, to create NIIT University.

The University is designed to provide a world-class environment which facilitates a holistic development of students. Master-planned by UK based YRM (London) Ltd, a world-renowned campus planning firm, the University aims to provide a total living experience, which integrates classroom learning with tangible and intangible experiences outside the classroom and class-time.

Innovations on campus blend medieval architectural practices with contemporary buildings.  Despite soaring summer temperatures in Rajasthan, the campus temperatures will come down to about 27 degrees due to the network of earth-air tunnels that are being laid like an underground maze. About 1.6 km of these earth-air tunnels have already been laid.  When complete, they will be an estimated sixteen kilometers in length.  The compact architecture “will create shade and its own micro-climate” that will make the environment cooler rather than hotter.

The University’s building, inspired by the large walled cities of Rajasthan, Jaisalmer in particular, has “compact structures to create shadows”; a propensity to creating “frequent courtyards” and “a spine as a walkway or pedestrian promenade”.

The campus retains the scenic beauty of the Aravalis.  Eight water dams are being planned in the hills, and the University team has taken on the challenge of greening the campus as well as the surrounding hills with local varieties of trees, in large numbers.

Business Standard is impressed with the lighting system of NIIT University. Light shelves are created which are like window ledges that reflect the natural light on to the ceiling and throw it deep into each room. The east-west orientation for windows also allows the most natural light to enter buildings.  Most windows have been positioned to allow scenic views over the 750-acre range of the Aravalli hills.

The innovative architecture has also used solar heating panels, rainwater harvesting facilities and water recycling.

In its endeavor to provide its students the best on-campus facilities, the University has well-furnished single-seater, comfort-cooled rooms with laundry and dining facilities.  Each room is positioned to provide a beautiful view of the Aravali Hills. There is one Common Room in the hostel for every 12 students, equipped with television and other facilities.

To ensure the holistic development of the student, the campus offers a variety of extra-curricular activities. For the sports buffs, there is an on-campus sports facility which includes volleyball, basketball, cricket, football and table tennis. A student can also decide to pursue vibrant social and recreational activities such as yoga, forest walk, music, dance, and craft.

The students will also have the opportunity to develop their intellectual faculties through  interactions with eminent members of NU’s Board of Advisors or Founding Professors on a topic of contemporary interest.

These path-breaking efforts have led Business Standard to applaud NIIT University as a pointer to harness old and new technologies in large projects — townships or houses — in which ancient wisdom aids modern knowledge.

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