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The New York office of Perkins Eastman has been commissioned by the Indian School of Business for a 70-acre, 1.5 million-sf new business school campus as part of a 300-acre “Knowledge City” in Chandigarh, Mohali, India. The sustainable campus will accommodate four centers of excellence: healthcare management, public policy, manufacturing/operations, and physical infrastructure management. Facilities will comprise an academic classroom, library, student and faculty housing, recreation, and common facilities. Construction is expected to be complete in 2012.
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