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Engineering College Set To Take Root On University CampusBy Dr arvind, Section Education
The University of Pune (UoP) will soon have engineering and pharmacy colleges on its campus. Having accepted the proposal on Wednesday, the UoP will make the exception of starting a college for under-graduate courses on its campus.
Senior senate member Gajanan Ekbote mooted the idea of starting an engineering and a pharmacy college in the UoP campus while presenting his cut motion on the revised budget for UoP for 2008-09. Replying to the cut motion, Vice-Chancellor Narendra Jadhav said the idea was welcome and a special allocation could be made in the next budget (2009-10). "There are 170 engineering colleges in the jurisdiction of UoP of which only 14 are government run. There is a vast difference between the fee structures of government-run and private engineering colleges. If UoP starts a college on its campus, economically backward students will have another affordable alternative," he said. "The university can start such a college in its purview. Moreover for such colleges, permission of central institutes such as AICTE or the Pharmacy Council is not necessary," said Ekbote. "The university has already started MBA and MEd courses on its campus on the same basis and the courses are getting tremendous response," he said. Senate members also applauded the suggestion and demanded that the UoP make allocation for it in the next budget. Click on "Full Story" for more...
The senate meeting also discussed the campus makeover. Presenting his cut motion, Atul Bagul asked the V-C about the recovery of Rs 40 lakh given to Engineers India Limited (EIL) -- the company to which contract for constructing 17 new buildings is given.
On Tuesday, he had said that the UoP might revoke the contract with the EIL. But as the UoP had already given Rs 40 lakh to the company, senate members enquired what would happen to the money if the UoP cancelled the contract. Bagul cited an example from another university where, in a similar case, the management council members who had given the green signal for a project were held responsible. He demanded that the amount should be recovered from the management council members. In his reply, Jadhav said that of the Rs 40 lakh given to the EIL, Rs 20 lakh are in joint bank account, which is safe. "We will try to recover as much amount as we can from the EIL if the contract gets cancelled," he said. TIE
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