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Reliance Foundation’s

    approach to Education

    interventions

    Reliance Foundation pursues a range of primary, secondary, and tertiary Education initiatives. Its primary Education
    initiatives strive to develop teacher skills and infrastructure to expand access and improve the quality of learning.
    It is establishing a network of high-quality secondary schools with new programmes to enable virtual learning and
    remedial education. It is also building world-class tertiary education institutions and giving scholarships to worthy
    students to help unearth talent and develop future leaders.

    Building world-class tertiary

    education institutions

    Jio Institute – embarking on a journey of excellence

    Jio Institute is a nonprofit, interdisciplinary higher education institution designed to foster innovation and
    nurture talent for India and the world. The Institute’s focus on programme design, research, innovation, and
    entrepreneurship is driven by its high-powered academic leadership, comprised of eminent figures from academia,
    industry, policy think-tanks, and the social sector. Its 52 acres campus at Ulwe, Navi Mumbai is a digitally-enabled
    green space designed for collaboration.

    New courses

    Jio Institute has commenced two new one-year Postgraduate (PG) Programmes in Artificial Intelligence and Data
    Science (AI & DS) and Digital Media and Marketing Communications (DM & MC) in 2022. Jio Institute also plans to
    develop postgraduate courses in Journalism, Public Health and Sports Management in the near future.

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