Rajasthan to open four private universities
Decks have been cleared for setting up private universities in Rajasthan. session.
By TNN |
JAIPUR: Decks have been cleared for setting up private universities in Rajasthan. Rajasthan governor Shilendra Kumar has passed an ordinance for opening four universities in the state — Amity University and Jaipur National University in Jaipur, Sir Padampad Singhania University in Udaipur and Singhania University in Jhunjhunu. The state government will now pass individual Acts for each university in the coming assembly session.
Rajasthan education minister Ghanshyam Tiwari told ET the state will attract investment of Rs 350 crore while generating 3,500 direct jobs from these four universities. “We had received 25 such proposals out of which four have materialised so far while the rests are under process. The state will get more universities in times to come,” he said.
The setting up of private universities has hit many roadblocks. The state government had passed the private university ordinance in 2005 which was challenged by a few educationists in Supreme Court. In the hearing, the UGC had objected for opening all the private universities under one ordinance. In view of that, the state government had to roll back its ordinance and go for framing separate Act for each university.
Private universities have proposed to start job-oriented courses including advertising, architecture, event management, fashion design, nanotechnology and tourism. “We will try to step up the quality of education by attracting best of the faculty in the country and the most-advanced curriculum. It will be on par with international education standard,” state head of a private university said.
Rajasthan education minister Ghanshyam Tiwari told ET the state will attract investment of Rs 350 crore while generating 3,500 direct jobs from these four universities. “We had received 25 such proposals out of which four have materialised so far while the rests are under process. The state will get more universities in times to come,” he said.
The setting up of private universities has hit many roadblocks. The state government had passed the private university ordinance in 2005 which was challenged by a few educationists in Supreme Court. In the hearing, the UGC had objected for opening all the private universities under one ordinance. In view of that, the state government had to roll back its ordinance and go for framing separate Act for each university.
Private universities have proposed to start job-oriented courses including advertising, architecture, event management, fashion design, nanotechnology and tourism. “We will try to step up the quality of education by attracting best of the faculty in the country and the most-advanced curriculum. It will be on par with international education standard,” state head of a private university said.
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