A ten-year phased plan — with the biggest legislative milestone already complete.
State Act — already passed by the Sikkim Legislative Assembly (completed); Gazette notification finalised; UGC 2(f) process initiated and completed; land secured; core leadership appointed; statutory bodies constituted; first 50 industry MoUs signed.
Phase-1 campus buildings operational (4–5 Schools); founding faculty recruited and trained through the Teaching Forge; first admissions cycle; Founding Batch enrolled (target 500–800 students); SkillBridge platform live; Scholars Hundred cohort 1 selected.
All 10 Schools operational; 150+ programmes live; partner network at 300+; first stackable-credential completions; LaunchCrucible and IdeaSummit launched; hostels and campus life infrastructure completed; enrolment 2,500–4,000.
First degree cohort graduates with verified 3-year work records; NAAC accreditation secured; partner network 500+; GlobalGateway international pathways active; enrolment 6,000–8,000; annual impact report series established.
Recognition as national reference model for work-integrated education; research output from the Himalayan Field Institute; alumni employer network self-sustaining; enrolment 10,000+; replication playbook documented.
| KPI | Year 1 | Year 5 | Year 10 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrolment | 500–800 | 6,000+ | 10,000+ |
| Industry partners (active) | 100+ | 400+ | 500+ |
| Students in paid apprenticeship from Sem 1 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Apprenticeship-to-hire conversion | — | 60%+ | 75%+ |
| First-generation learners share | 40%+ | 50%+ | 50%+ |
| Scholars Hundred scholars (cumulative) | 100 | 500 | 1,000 |
| Graduate placement / venture rate (6 months) | — | 90%+ | 95%+ |
With the State Act already passed, focus shifts to Gazette formalities, UGC recognition, programme-council approvals and mandatory disclosures.
Land, phased construction, and green systems — rainwater harvesting, solar generation, zero-landfill operations.
Curriculum design with Boards of Studies, faculty recruitment, and instructor certification through the Teaching Forge.
Partner acquisition, apprenticeship compacts, and the SkillBridge platform that manages placements and stipends.
Positioning, the counselling network, and the Founding Batch admissions campaign.
Capital raise, fee and stipend architecture, CSR partnerships, and impact measurement.
“Scholars University is conceived not as another addition to India's higher-education landscape, but as a correction to it — a university built around the working day, in which learning and earning move together from the first morning of the first semester.”