Introduction

Jaiprakash Sewa Sansthan (JSS) is a trust registered under the Income tax act, 1961, established by The Jaypee group and its motto is "Growth with a human face". It is 'not for profit' trust with a zeal which can reduce the pain and distress in the society. Initially the focus was on the people in the vicinity of the group's cement establishments. However, the intention was and is to reach out further and to touch more lives meaningfully.

Socio-economic development of the neighbouring villages of our Cement Complex near Rewa received upmost attention with emphasis on education. A comprehensive Rural Development programme (CRDP) was developed and implemented. 13 Villages in its neighbourhood have been adopted for healthcare, animal care, literacy, drinking water, employment generating schemes and infrastructure.

With passage of time, justifiably, education is receiving greater attention from us. The intention is to provide education at all levels of the learning curve from grass root to higher technical plane, provided practically free, to the children of lower strata of the society and economically weaker sections and on vocational training so that they stand on their own legs and become economically independent.

Though the university of higher technical learning would be established in the States where Jaypee Group is involved in business, our vision is to play a pivotal role to enable the concerned States in particular, in developing high caliber trained manpower in the frontier areas of technologies, to take up challenges of the industry in the fields of infrastructure development, manufacturing innovations, communications, networking and industrial biotechnology applications.

All the three higher technical educational universities have been envisaged to reflect the motto "Education, Empowerment and Enlightenment".

The Institutes will strive to bring innovations, creativity and flexibility to the curriculum through credit and non credit elective courses, open-ended projects, emphasis on problem- solving through experimentation and design exercises, and creative and challenging home assignments. They will also have sufficient orientation to international competitiveness, quality management, and problem solving in different socio-political and economic environments. Special lectures include development of entrepreneurial skills, strong industry orientation and providing experience of working in inter disciplinary teams. All educational programs of these institutes will have an inherently strong career and employment bias.

Our desire is to make these Institutions reputed "Centers of Excellence" in the field of Engineering and Technology. Envisaged as a University, with highly developed educational infrastructure, excellent faculty with an international outlook and active interaction with the relevant industries, the primary objective of each of engineers and technogists to become leaders of industry tomorrow.

The Fountainhead of JSS:

1. Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. (JAL)

2. Jaypee Cement Ltd.

3. Jaiprkash Hydro Power Ltd.

4. Jaypee Ventures Ltd.

5. Jaypee Hotels Ltd.

6. Jaypee Greens Ltd.

7. JIL Information Technology Ltd.