Engg Seats in Telangana will go Down

Updated on: Saturday, May 09, 2015

The number of seats in private Engineering colleges in Telangana could reduce by 60000 - 65000 for the 2015-16 academic years.JNTU Hyderabad has agreed to nearly 40,000 seats to be reduced in over 200 Engineering colleges and college managements are expecting further reductions of about 20,000-25,000 seats for the upcoming academic year. The varsity has now sought legal opinion on whether this can be done.

Over 200 private Engineering colleges had approached the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) for reduction of seats and scrapping of certain branches under Chapter 2. But the TS government had not issued the mandatory No Objection Certificates before the AICTE deadline. Thus all the Chapter 2 applications were rejected by the AICTE.

But now engineering colleges are expecting further cuts of about 20,000-25,000 seats for the 2015-16 academic year. An Engineering college owner said, “We sought additional intake reduction. The university said they would seek legal opinion if that can be done now. We will try again once the inspections are completed,”

Engg Seats in Telangana will go Down

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