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Land criteria set for pvt varsities
Telangana State Higher Education Department officials are racing against time to finalise the Private Universities Bill, which is likely to be tabled during the upcoming budget session. Sources said the proposals had been forwarded to the Education Minister to finalise modalities for establishing a private university.
Bill provides for 50 acres for varsities in rural areas, 25 acres in urban areas
Hyderabad: Telangana State Higher Education Department officials are racing against time to finalise the Private Universities Bill, which is likely to be tabled during the upcoming budget session. Sources said the proposals had been forwarded to the Education Minister to finalise modalities for establishing a private university. Some of the requirements proposed by the Higher Education Department include a minimum 50 acre land parcel if established in a rural area, and 25 acre site in an urban area.
- Bill proposals forwarded to the Education Minister to finalise modalities for setting up private university
- Sponsoring body should establish an endowment fund with a minimum corpus of Rs 5 crore
- Govt not to extend any benefits on land, waive tax or give subsidy either on electricity or water
Apart from this, basic requirement, the sponsoring body should establish an endowment fund with a minimum corpus of Rs 5 crore. Further, the government would not extend any benefits on land, give tax-waiver or assure any subsidy either on electricity or water to a private university. The sponsoring body should start at least five postgraduate academic departments and each department should have a minimum of six permanent faculty members, including one professor, two associate professors and three assistant professors.
However, not much information is available on the reservation policy that would be adopted during admissions into these universities. “When there are no exemptions given to these universities, we cannot ask for reservations in admissions,” said an official of Higher Education Department. Even before the Private Universities Act came into existence, several business houses and elite engineering institutions are keen to open universities in the state.
During IT Minister K Taraka Rama Rao's visit to Mumbai, Reliance Group expressed its willingness to set up a private university in Hyderabad that could match the standards of Stanford University.Meanwhile, the student and teacher communities pointed out that if such a bill was passed in the Assembly, it may spell doom for several public universities in the state, which were already facing severe shortage of qualified teachers. Student organisations lamented that the government instead of strengthening the universities was allowing the entry of private sector into higher education system.
“Several State universities are battling without regular vice-chancellors and there is no recruitment to fill up several vacancies in the universities. Similarly, the existing infrastructure in universities was not adequate. Instead of strengthening the State universities, the government is encouraging the private sector in to the higher education system. We are opposing this Bill.
Before the private universities bill is passed, the government should strengthen the State universities. We have no problem if the government strengthens State universities and then invites the private sector,” said Battu Satyanarayana, president, Telangana State Federation of University Teachers’ Associations.
