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1. Jindal has stubbornly been a pure law and social sciences university, under VC Rajkumar's leadership. Rajkumar publicly said many times that Jindal will never expand into STEM. Either Rajkumar or the Jindal family has had a sudden change of heart.
2. Recently, there was an article in Print saying that Ashoka is rapidly expanding into STEM education to shed its image as a left-wing liberal arts university and after recent controversies. The BJP has also been introducing more STEM education into JNU, to counter JNU's Marxist humanities ecosystem.
https://theprint.in/ground-reports/nine-year-old-ashoka-university-is-asking-the-most-important-question-who-am-i/1762858/
Like Ashoka, Jindal has been getting intro controversies over its leftist professors and students. Could they be copying Ashoka? Could the Jindal family have taken note of recent developments and taken this call? Or is it simply market economics, i.e. low demand for law, high demand for STEM and medicine worldwide? Also, more prestige in studying engineering and medicine among the middle class, e.g. crib about 40 lakhs fee for at Jindal but happily pay 1 cr for a medical or engineering degree?
"I was able to share the foundational idea of the Jindal International Science and Technology Academy (JISTA) with the members of the Jindal family.
I believe that this idea of JISTA@JGU and its extraordinary potential to achieve excellence and promote access to education in STEM, Medicine and other allied areas of sciences will shape the institutional future of JGU. Our reputation as an "Institution of Eminence" achieved in the last few years was due to our impactful work in the fields of law, business, humanities and social sciences. This vision and experience will be further expanded and deepened through our plans to work in the fields of STEM and Medicine. "