Dr. Gaur Hari Singhania Institute of Management and Research (GHS-IMR) took birth under the banner of J.K. Organization Kanpur, in 1995. J.K. Organization has been the vanguard of industrial progress in India, besides fulfilling corporate social responsibility. GHS-IMR was established with the avowed objectives of imparting formal management education, and accordingly with the approval of All India Council for technical Education (A.I.C.T.E.) ministry of HRD Government of India.

The University of Mumbai (known earlier as University of Bombay) is one of the oldest and premier Universities in India. It was established in 1857 consequent upon "Woods Education Dispatch", and it is one amongst the first three Universities in India.