SRM University Amaravati, took part in a four-day working conference 'Architecting the Future Global University' which was organised by the New York-based Rockefeller Foundation in Italy. "The global University is the best opportunity to meet the educational challenges of the future", says Jamshed Bharucha, Vice Chancellor, SRM University, Amaravati.

It is the only Indian institution to be represented at this event. Jamshed Bharucha joined a select gathering of twenty higher education and intellectual thought leaders invited to produce a model action plan for the future university as a vibrant global force.

Addressing the conference, the VC, "We explored innovative solutions that create networks of universities and employ the best technology to bring students and faculty together from across the world. SRM Amaravati already plays a key role being the only participating institution that has the capacity to innovate in ways that entrenched institutions cannot."