One of the priorities of the new trust - which will be controlled by Mr Premji - is to establish a university in Bangalore to raise the quality of teacher training in India.

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Amar Bhide of Columbia University, who has spent most of the past 18 months in Bangalore, is sceptical.

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Bangalore native Gaurav Sikka fell in love with the original ABC Brewpub while studying at the University of Michigan.

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