India, Feb. 10 -- Ashoka University on Monday announced the establishment of Havells School of Management and Leadership, the seventh school in its Sonipat campus.

The new school supported by Anil Rai Gupta, managing director of Havells India, with a contribution of Rs.250 crore, "aims to prepare young leaders to create solutions and inspire change in response to the world's most pressing economic and social challenges", the private research university said in a statement.

It said that the new school will complement its current focus on humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and computer science while its management and leadership programmes will be fully integrated with Ashoka's liberal education approach.

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