NIAB will coordinate the teaching programmes that are drawn up in collaboration with the University of Hyderabad (UoH) (www.uohyd.ernet.in), a Central University established by an Act of Parliament and the highest ranked University in the country. New courses like the twinned M.Sc.- Ph.D. programmes will be designed in consultation with the academy and industry. NIAB will be academically linked to the UoH and all degrees will be awarded by the University of Hyderabad.