Pvt engg colleges in Telangana can’t start new courses without JNTU, govt’s nod

The High Court dismissed petitions filed by several private engineering colleges to direct the government and JNTU Hyderabad  to allow them to introduce  BTech courses in new emerging subjects such as artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, etc. 

Unaided private engineering colleges in Telangana will now have to obtain NOC from the state government to start new courses and increase seat intake apart from the approvals by the All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) and universities concerned, the Telangana High Court has clarified. 

As per a story published in Deccan Chronicle, the High Court dismissed a batch of petitions filed by several private engineering colleges to direct the government and JNTU Hyderabad  to allow them to introduce  BTech courses in new emerging subjects such as artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, robotics, data sciences, cybersecurity, etc., and to allow them to increase the intake of more students in the said courses. 

The colleges alleged that the Telangana state government is not permitting the new courses or the increase in the seat intake on the grounds that financial implications i.e. fee reimbursement and scholarships will pose a burden on the government.  

They submitted to the court that they are ready to give an undertaking that they will not ask for financial assistance on behalf of the students, who would join the courses in the additional seats. Colleges also requested the court for additional intake of 2,670 seats which will have a financial burden of around INR 13.90 crore per one academic year. Without commenting on the figures of the financial implications, the court also viewed that additional intake of seats would certainly have a financial bearing on the state exchequer. 

Therefore, existing institutions can start new courses or increase additional seats in the existing courses only after obtaining NOC by the state government which depends upon various factors, such as educational requirements in the locality as well as the financial implications on the government due to fee reimbursement to various categories of students. 

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