Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences

Shoolini University of Biotechnology and Management Sciences, commonly known as Shoolini University, is a private non-profit multidisciplinary university in Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India, established in 2009 under an Act of the Government of Himachal Pradesh.舒利尼生物技术与管理科学大学（通称舒利尼大学）是印度喜马偕尔邦索兰的一所私立非营利多学科大学，依据喜马偕尔邦政府的一项法案于 2009 年创办。

It is recognised by the University Grants Commission, accredited A+ by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council with a CGPA of 3.33, and holds Category-1 status under the UGC Graded Autonomy Regulations of 2018.该校获大学拨款委员会认可，经印度国家评估与认证委员会认证为 A+ 等级、累计平均绩点 3.33，并根据 2018 年大学拨款委员会分级自治条例获得第一类自治地位。

In the 2027 QS World University Rankings it is placed 452nd overall and tenth in India, it stands in the 451-500 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, and it is 578th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities, while it did not enter the main table of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校整体位列第 452、印度第 10；在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中处于 451 至 500 区间；在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中位列第 578；但未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。

History

• In 2004 a group of academics and industry professionals came together to form the Foundation for Life Sciences and Business Management, the body that would later found the university.2004 年，一批学术界与产业界专业人士共同组建生命科学与商业管理基金会，这一机构后来成为创办该校的主体。

• In 2005 the foundation set up the Shoolini Institute of Life Sciences and Business Management in the heart of Solan town, affiliated with Himachal Pradesh University.2005 年，该基金会在索兰镇中心创办舒利尼生命科学与商业管理学院，隶属喜马偕尔邦大学。

• In 2009 the institute became a full-fledged private university under an Act of the Government of Himachal Pradesh and was recognised by the University Grants Commission of India.2009 年，该学院依据喜马偕尔邦政府的一项法案升格为正式私立大学，并获得印度大学拨款委员会认可。

• The University Grants Commission issued its formal recognition letter on 7 February 2011, confirming the university's right to award degrees.2011 年 2 月 7 日，大学拨款委员会签发正式认可函，确认该校授予学位的资格。

• In 2010 the university was recognised by the Pharmacy Council of India, allowing it to run pharmacy programmes.2010 年，该校获得印度药学会认可，得以开设药学专业。

• The first convocation was held on 11 April 2013, with Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India, as the chief guest.首届毕业典礼于 2013 年 4 月 11 日举行，印度前总统阿卜杜勒·卡拉姆博士担任主礼嘉宾。

• In 2016 the National Assessment and Accreditation Council accredited the university for the first time, awarding it a B++ grade.2016 年，印度国家评估与认证委员会首次对该校进行认证，评定为 B++ 等级。

• In 2017 the university was placed in the 101-150 band of Indian universities by the National Institutional Ranking Framework of the Ministry of Education.2017 年，该校在教育部国家院校排名框架的印度大学榜单中进入 101 至 150 区间。

• In 2018 Shoolini became one of the country's most prolific patent filers, with 187 patents filed in that year alone.2018 年，该校成为印度专利申请最活跃的机构之一，仅当年就提交了 187 项专利。

• In 2019 India Today ranked the university nineteenth among India's best private universities and third in research across all Indian universities.2019 年，《今日印度》将该校列为印度最佳私立大学第 19 名，并在全印高校科研排名中列第 3。

• In 2020 the university entered the top 300 universities of Asia and was ranked first for citations in the QS rankings.2020 年，该校跻身亚洲前 300 名大学之列，并在 QS 排名中位居引用指标第一。

• In 2021 Shoolini entered the top 100 universities of India in the National Institutional Ranking Framework.2021 年，该校在印度国家院校排名框架中进入印度大学前 100 名。

• In 2022 it entered the elite league of the top 200 global universities in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings, which measure universities against the Sustainable Development Goals.2022 年，该校进入泰晤士高等教育影响力排名全球前 200 的精英行列，该排名以联合国可持续发展目标衡量大学。

• In 2023 it was named the number one private university in India by the QS World University Rankings 2024, and the National Institutional Ranking Framework placed it 73rd among Indian universities.2023 年，该校被 2024 年 QS 世界大学排名评为印度第一私立大学，国家院校排名框架则将其列为印度大学第 73 名。

• In 2024 the National Assessment and Accreditation Council awarded the university an A+ accreditation with a CGPA of 3.33, upgrading its earlier B++ grade.2024 年，印度国家评估与认证委员会授予该校 A+ 认证、累计平均绩点 3.33，较此前的 B++ 等级提升。

• In July 2025 the University Grants Commission granted Shoolini Category-1 status during its 591st Commission Meeting, the highest autonomy category for an Indian university.2025 年 7 月，大学拨款委员会在其第 591 次委员会会议上授予该校第一类地位，这是印度大学自治等级中的最高类别。

• As of December 2024 the university had attained an h-index of 140, the highest among Indian institutions established in or after 2008.截至 2024 年 12 月，该校的 h 指数达到 140，在 2008 年及以后成立的印度院校中位列第一。

• The university held its ninth convocation at its Kasauli Hills campus, at which more than 1,100 students received their degrees.该校在卡绍利山校区举行第九届毕业典礼，1,100 余名学生获授学位。

• In the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2025 Shoolini was ranked 69th among universities in India, continuing its steady rise in the national rankings over the preceding decade.在 2025 年国家院校排名框架中，该校位列印度大学第 69 名，延续了过去十年在全国排名中的稳步上升。

• In 2024 the university celebrated sixteen years of growth, innovation and impact, marking the anniversary of its founding as a full private university in 2009.2024 年，该校庆祝成立十六年来的成长、创新与影响，纪念其 2009 年成为正式私立大学的里程碑。

Academics

• Shoolini University offers undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programmes in engineering, biotechnology, management, commerce, pharmacy, law, agriculture, liberal arts and journalism.舒利尼大学在工程、生物技术、管理、商科、药学、法律、农业、人文与新闻等领域开设本科、研究生与博士项目。

• Admissions are based on national entrance examinations including JEE Main, CUET, NEET, CAT, MAT and SAT India, as well as the university's own entrance test, SU-SAT.录取以全国性入学考试为基础，包括 JEE Main、CUET、NEET、CAT、MAT 与 SAT India，以及该校自设的入学考试 SU-SAT。

• The university houses more than 104 laboratories and eleven Centres of Excellence, together with a Faculty of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology and a School of Bio-engineering and Food Technology.该校设有 104 个以上实验室与 11 个卓越中心，并设有应用科学与生物技术学院以及生物工程与食品技术学院。

• Research areas include biotechnology, cancer research, nanotechnology, omics and biodiversity, artificial intelligence, data analytics, energy science and disaster management.其研究领域涵盖生物技术、癌症研究、纳米技术、组学与生物多样性、人工智能、数据分析、能源科学与灾害管理。

• A Bio-Innovation Centre was established with a grant of nine crore rupees from the Department of Science and Technology under the DST-PURSE scheme, equipped for research in biotechnology, health sciences and cell biology.该校以科技部 DST-PURSE 计划拨付的 9 千万卢比资助建立了生物创新中心，配备用于生物技术、健康科学与细胞生物学研究的设施。

• The E-Yuva Centre, supported by the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, provides pre-incubation space and funding support for student-led research.由生物技术产业研究援助委员会支持的 E-Yuva 中心，为学生主导的研究提供预孵化空间与资金支持。

• The university is a nodal remote centre for IIT Bombay and IIT Kharagpur, and it houses an Amazon Web Services Academy Centre, an IBM Centre of Learning and a Microsoft Academy where students receive industry certifications.该校是印度理工学院孟买分校与卡拉格普尔分校的节点远程中心，并设有亚马逊云科技学院中心、IBM 学习中心与微软学院，学生可在此获得行业认证。

• Online and distance learning programmes, including MBA, BBA, B Com (Hons) and BA, are offered through the Centre for Distance and Online Education, approved by the UGC Distance Education Bureau.包括 MBA、BBA、B Com（荣誉）与 BA 在内的在线与远程教育项目，由获大学拨款委员会远程教育司批准的远程与在线教育中心开设。

• The university's MBA programme is accredited by the National Board of Accreditation, and its commerce programmes are certified by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.该校的 MBA 项目获印度国家认证委员会认证，其商科项目则获特许公认会计师公会认证。

• Teaching is delivered by a faculty drawn in part from institutions such as the National Cancer Institute of the United States, the National Institutes of Health, the Indian Institute of Science and the University of Oxford.其师资部分来自美国国家癌症研究所、美国国立卫生研究院、印度科学理工学院与牛津大学等机构。

• Students and faculty of the university have filed more than 1,900 intellectual property registrations, and the university's intellectual property portfolio exceeds 2,000 filings.该校师生已提交 1,900 余项知识产权登记，其知识产权组合超过 2,000 项申请。

• Twenty-five researchers of the university have been recognised for research impact in global listings of the most-cited scientists, a distinction the university presents as progress towards its founding ambition.该校有 25 位研究人员在全球高被引科学家榜单中获得科研影响力认可，学校将这一成绩视为朝创校目标迈进的进展。

• The Faculty of Media and Liberal Arts, led by its president and dean, prepares students for journalism and creative industries, alongside the university's science and management faculties.由院长兼校方负责人领导的媒体与人文学院，与该校的理学与管理学院并列，为学生在新闻与创意产业领域做准备。

• Research is organised around the Bio-Innovation Centre, the E-Yuva Centre and a BioAI laboratory opened at the Cancer Research Centre, which applies artificial intelligence to cancer research.其科研围绕生物创新中心、E-Yuva 中心以及在癌症研究中心启用的 BioAI 实验室展开，后者将人工智能应用于癌症研究。

• The university runs dedicated schools and faculties for engineering, pharmacy, law, agriculture, liberal arts, management and biotechnology, supported by recognised certifications from professional councils.该校设有工程、药学、法律、农业、人文、管理与生物技术等专门学院，并获得各专业委员会的认可认证。

• Its academic model is research-led and innovation-focused, with students encouraged to file patents and take part in the university's incubation and certification programmes.其培养模式以研究与创新为导向，鼓励学生申请专利并参与学校的孵化与认证项目。

• The university's schools and faculties include the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, the School of Bio-engineering and Food Technology, the Faculty of Engineering, the Faculty of Pharmacy and the Faculty of Management.该校的学院包括应用科学与生物技术学院、生物工程与食品技术学院、工程学院、药学院与管理学院。

• Its research is grouped around themes such as cancer research, nanotechnology, omics and biodiversity, artificial intelligence and data analytics, energy science and disaster management, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach.其研究围绕癌症研究、纳米技术、组学与生物多样性、人工智能与数据分析、能源科学与灾害管理等主题展开，体现多学科交叉的思路。

Campus

• The campus stands in the Kasauli Hills of Himachal Pradesh, in and around the town of Solan, and is spread over 37.5 acres adjoining a pine forest.校园位于喜马偕尔邦的卡绍利山间，坐落于索兰镇及其周边，占地 37.5 英亩，毗邻松林。

• According to the institute data submitted for the National Institutional Ranking Framework 2026, the campus had 30.9 acres of green area and 13,127 trees in the 2024-25 financial year.根据为 2026 年国家院校排名框架提交的院校数据，2024 至 2025 财年校园绿地面积为 30.9 英亩，树木 13,127 棵。

• The 24-hour Yogananda Knowledge Centre serves as the university's library, giving students access to a broad range of books, journals and digital resources.24 小时开放的尤迦南达知识中心是该校图书馆，为学生提供广泛的图书、期刊与数字资源。

• The campus is equipped with ICT-enabled classrooms, an eUniv learning management platform built around artificial intelligence and machine learning, and a one gigabit per second Wi-Fi connection.校园配备信息化教室、围绕人工智能与机器学习构建的 eUniv 学习管理平台，以及每秒 1 吉比特的无线网络。

• The site lies at approximately 30.9 degrees north and 77.1 degrees east, in the mid-hills of the Kasauli range, in a cool hill climate distinct from the plains of northern India.该校区大致位于北纬 30.9 度、东经 77.1 度，处于卡绍利山脉的中山地带，气候凉爽，与北印度平原截然不同。

• Over the decade after its founding the university planted around 10,000 trees and developed its campus as a green hill site, the pine forest adjoining the academic buildings.建校后的十年间，该校种植了约 10,000 棵树，将校园建设为绿色山地校园，松林与教学建筑相邻。

• Research infrastructure on campus includes the Bio-Innovation Centre, the E-Yuva Centre and dedicated laboratories for biotechnology, health sciences and cell biology.校园内的科研设施包括生物创新中心、E-Yuva 中心，以及面向生物技术、健康科学与细胞生物学的专门实验室。

• The university provides residential facilities for its students on the hill campus, supported by dining, sports and student-support services.该校在山地校区为学生提供住宿设施，并配有餐饮、体育与学生支持服务。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings Shoolini University is placed 452nd overall, tenth in India and the first private university in India, with a rank of 76th globally for citations per faculty.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，舒利尼大学整体位列第 452、印度第 10，是印度第一私立大学，其师均引用指标位列全球第 76。

• It stands in the 451-500 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, ranked third in India, and it is 184th globally for research quality in the same edition.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中它处于 451 至 500 区间、印度第 3，在同一版本的科研质量指标上位列全球第 184。

• It is ranked 578th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News Best Global Universities, while it did not enter the main table of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.在 2026 至 2027 年度 US News 全球最佳大学排名中它位列第 578，但未进入 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名主榜。

• In the QS World University Rankings 2026 the university was ranked 503rd globally and eleventh in India, and in the QS Asia University Rankings 2026 it ranked first in Asia for citations per paper.在 2026 年 QS 世界大学排名中，该校位列全球第 503、印度第 11；在 2026 年 QS 亚洲大学排名中，其每篇论文引用指标位居亚洲第一。

• The National Institutional Ranking Framework 2025 ranked it 69th among universities in India, 44th in pharmacy and in the 101-150 band in engineering.2025 年国家院校排名框架将其列为印度大学第 69、药学第 44，并在工程领域进入 101 至 150 区间。

• In the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2025 it was ranked 96th globally, with strong positions for climate action, affordable and clean energy and clean water and sanitation.在 2025 年泰晤士高等教育影响力排名中，该校位列全球第 96，在气候行动、经济适用的清洁能源以及清洁饮水和卫生设施等指标上表现突出。

• According to OpenAlex the university has produced 6,256 research works attracting 460,363 citations, a research output the university describes as matching the world's best institutions for its size.据 OpenAlex 统计，该校已产出研究成果 6,256 项、累计被引 460,363 次；该校称以其规模而言，这一科研产出可与世界顶尖院校相比。

• As of December 2024 its h-index stood at 140, the highest among Indian institutions established in or after 2008, reflecting the citation impact of its research.截至 2024 年 12 月，其 h 指数为 140，在 2008 年及以后成立的印度院校中最高，体现其研究成果的引用影响力。

• The university is one of India's highest generators of patents and has filed more than 1,900 intellectual property registrations, including 187 patents in 2018 alone.该校是印度专利产出最多的机构之一，已提交 1,900 余项知识产权登记，仅 2018 年就提交了 187 项专利。

• In the QS World University Subject Rankings 2026 the university was placed in the 251-300 band for Agriculture and Forestry, the 301-350 band for Environmental Sciences and the 351-400 band for Pharmacy and Pharmacology.在 2026 年 QS 世界大学学科排名中，该校在农业与林业位列 251 至 300 区间、环境科学位列 301 至 350 区间、药学与药理学位列 351 至 400 区间。

• In the ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025 it was placed in the 201-300 band for Food Science and Technology and in the 301-400 band for Chemical Engineering.在 2025 年软科世界一流学科排名中，该校在食品科学与工程位列 201 至 300 区间、化学工程位列 301 至 400 区间。

• In the Times Higher Education Subject Rankings 2026 it was placed in the 301-400 band for Engineering and Life Sciences and in the 401-500 band for Medical and Health Sciences, and it ranked 137th globally in the THE Interdisciplinary Science Rankings 2026.在 2026 年泰晤士高等教育学科排名中，该校在工程与生命科学位列 301 至 400 区间、医学与健康科学位列 401 至 500 区间，并在 2026 年泰晤士高等教育跨学科科学排名中位居全球第 137。

• In the QS Sustainability Rankings 2026 the university was placed 522nd globally, 126th in Asia and 13th in India, reflecting its environmental and social performance.在 2026 年 QS 可持续发展排名中，该校位列全球第 522、亚洲第 126、印度第 13，体现其环境与社会表现。

Student life

• Shoolini University has not adopted a formal institutional motto, presenting itself instead through its research-led, philanthropic model of higher education.舒利尼大学未采用正式的校训，而是以其研究导向、公益性的高等教育模式来界定自身。

• The university reports more than 3,000 placements for its graduates and more than 250 global alliances that support student exchanges and international exposure.该校公布其毕业生就业安置超过 3,000 人次，并拥有 250 余个全球合作联盟，为学生交流与国际视野提供支持。

• The campus hosts industry certification programmes run through its Amazon Web Services Academy Centre, IBM Centre of Learning and Microsoft Academy, which students take alongside their degrees.校园内的亚马逊云科技学院中心、IBM 学习中心与微软学院开设行业认证课程，学生可在攻读学位的同时参加。

• Student-led research is encouraged through the E-Yuva Centre and the university's incubation facilities, where students work on their own projects with funding support.该校通过 E-Yuva 中心与校内孵化设施鼓励学生主导科研，学生可在资金支持下开展自己的项目。

• The annual convocation, most recently the ninth, brings together the chancellor, pro chancellor and vice chancellor with graduating students on the Kasauli Hills campus.一年一度的毕业典礼（最近为第九届）在卡绍利山校区举行，校监、副校监与校长与即将毕业的学生齐聚一堂。

• The campus climate and its setting in the Kasauli Hills shape an outdoor student life, with the adjoining pine forest and the green campus used for recreation and field study.卡绍利山的山地气候与区位塑造了注重户外的校园生活，毗邻的松林与绿色校园被用于休闲与野外实习。

• Yoga and wellness form part of campus life, reflected in the twenty-four-hour Yogananda Knowledge Centre that doubles as a study space and wellbeing resource.瑜伽与身心健康是校园生活的一部分，24 小时开放的尤迦南达知识中心兼作自习空间与身心健康资源。

• Student competitions and entrepreneurship are promoted through the university's innovation clubs and its collaboration with industry partners and technology academies.该校通过创新社团以及与产业伙伴、技术学院的合作推动学生竞赛与创业。

• International students and partnerships with more than 250 institutions, including the University of Melbourne, the University of Arkansas and Gachon University, give students opportunities to study abroad.该校与包括墨尔本大学、阿肯色大学与嘉泉大学在内的 250 余所机构合作，为学生提供海外学习机会。

Notable people

• Prof. Prem Kumar Khosla, founder and chancellor of the university, is an academician with a post-doctorate in genetics from the University of Oxford and a former vice-chancellor of the HPAU Palampur.该校创始人兼校监普雷姆·库马尔·科斯拉教授是学者，拥有牛津大学遗传学博士后经历，曾任帕拉姆普尔喜马偕尔邦农业大学校长。

• Prof. Khosla also served as senior scientific advisor to the Government of Himachal Pradesh, helping to guide the state's science policy.科斯拉教授还曾担任喜马偕尔邦政府的高级科学顾问，参与指导该邦的科学政策。

• Vishal Anand, co-founder and pro chancellor, is a socio-entrepreneur and investor with more than 22 years of experience and a graduate of the Stanford University LEAD programme.联合创始人兼副校监维沙尔·阿南德是拥有 22 年以上经验的社会企业家与投资人，毕业于斯坦福大学 LEAD 项目。

• Prof. Atul Khosla serves as vice chancellor of the university, leading its academic and research strategy.阿图尔·科斯拉教授担任该校校长，主导其学术与研究战略。

• Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, former President of India and a leading scientist, was the chief guest at the university's first convocation on 11 April 2013.印度前总统、著名科学家阿卜杜勒·卡拉姆博士担任该校 2013 年 4 月 11 日首届毕业典礼的主礼嘉宾。

• Prof. Nishtha Shukla Anand, president and dean of the Faculty of Media and Liberal Arts, is a journalist and media agency founder who leads the university's media education.媒体与人文学院院长兼校方负责人尼什塔·舒克拉·阿南德教授是记者与媒体机构创始人，主导该校的媒体教育。

• Prof. Dinesh Kumar, dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Biotechnology, oversees the university's programmes in biotechnology and applied sciences.应用科学与生物技术学院院长迪内什·库马尔教授主管该校的生物技术与应用科学项目。

• Prof. Pankaj Kumar Chauhan, head of the School of Bio-engineering and Food Technology, leads research and teaching in bio-engineering and food technology.生物工程与食品技术学院院长潘卡杰·库马尔·乔汉教授主导生物工程与食品技术的科研与教学。

• Twenty-five researchers of the university were named among the world's most influential researchers, a recognition the chancellor linked to the university's founding ambition.该校 25 位研究人员入选全球最具影响力研究者之列，校监将这一荣誉与该大学的创校愿景联系在一起。

• The university's leadership team of chancellor, pro chancellor and vice chancellor has guided its growth from a small institute founded in 2005 into a Category-1 private university ranking in the global top 500.由校监、副校监与校长组成的领导团队，引导该校从 2005 年创办的小型学院成长为进入全球前 500 的第一类私立大学。