Pvt engg colleges warn govt of 'serious' consequences
HYDERABAD: The de-affiliated private engineering colleges in Telangana have warned the government of serious consequences if it did not budge on the issue.
Claiming that the 'harsh' move by the government would seriously affect the first generation entrepreneurs, who had started engineering colleges in Telangana, Lakshminarayana who runs an engineering college in Bhadrachalam said, 'The engineering college managements would be first ones to commit suicide in this new state of Telangana with the kind of treatment meted out to us.'
Speaking to mediapersons here, members of the Telangana Engineering and Professional Colleges Managements Association reiterated that the colleges be made part of the admission process.
The members alleged the JNTUH had taken affidavits from 134 colleges promising that they would be included in the counselling.
'JNTUH officials say the issue is being dealt with by the chief minister himself and nothing can be done from their end. If that is the case, then why have they taken affidavits from us?' asked association chairman N Gautam Rao.
The members alleged that a section of the officials are misleading the chief minister and spreading canards over the standards of technical education in the state. They requested the chief minister to give them an opportunity to voice their concerns and not to rely on the 'ill-informed' officials.
'The State is poised to become an educational hub. Colleges here receive students from Orissa, Bihar, Northeastern states and also from Africian countries. If there are shortcomings with regard to facilities and faculty, efforts have to be made to address them. Shutting down colleges is not an option,' Rao added.
The association requested the State government to begin a consultative process between managements and experts, drawn from various universities including IITs, than deny permission for operating colleges.
News Posted: 4 September, 2014
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