Colleges Under Strict Supervision

Stringent measures have been put in place by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University to monitor the recruitment of faculty at all affiliated engineering colleges in the state.

The university authorities have announced to set up a monitoring cell in the varsity to keep a check on the functioning of these colleges. Officials said that these measures would not only enhance transparency, but also restrain engineering college managements from misleading them.

Earlier, college managements were successful in fudging records to show JNTUH officials that they had adequate faculty as specified by AICTE. Several private engineering colleges used to utilise the same faculty by sharing their details.

Enquiries revealed that a single faculty was registered with various engineering colleges and it has been an accepted practice for almost a decade. The JNT university officials had cancelled the affiliation of such colleges last year.

After releasing the list of affiliated colleges recently, JNTUH in-charge vice chancellor Shailaja Ramaiyer said that stringent measures would be taken to bring down chances of such malpractice. “A monitoring cell will be set up by the university soon to monitor these engineering colleges,” she said.

As per fresh instructions, college managements would now have to submit Aadhar and PAN card details of all the faculty members in these colleges.

Engineering College Managements’ Association chairman N Goutham Rao said that the colleges would definitely produce all cards sought by the university authorities. He said that it was difficult for all colleges to submit details immediately and sought time from the University for fulfilling obligations.

A total 220 colleges have been allowed to participate in the 2015-16 engineering counseling by JNTU. Similarly, 25 engineering colleges were not allowed to participate in the counseling on the basis of poor infrastructure and due to lack of the mandatory teaching faculty. Almost 45 colleges did not apply for affiliation or counseling this year.