No Clarity on Ownership of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering

Educational experts have questioned the ownership of University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCE) regarding the fact that whether the college belongs to Bangalore University (BU) or Bengaluru Central University (BCU). The issue was raised after the official visit of All India Council of Technical Education (AICTE) to UVCE. The Council noticed that the number of professors in the institution is comparatively less as compared to the number that has been denoted by the institution. Only 90 teachers are working on a full-time basis out of the approved 180 teachers.

AICTE has advised reducing the intake of students for 2019-20 academic session to 10% so that the current availability of teachers can satisfy the educational demands of the students. On this recommendation, experts were in shock as they observed that the state government has neither appointed new faculty members nor has it settled the ownership confusion of University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering.

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The Principal, students, teachers, Heads of Departments and institutional staff have collectively decided to stay with Bangalore University even before the final verdict of the state government. The Principal Secretary of the Higher Education Department of the state has invited the vice-chancellors of BU and BCU to discuss the ownership issue and learn more about the trifurcation process.

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The officials decided that an expert committee will be framed to look after the details of ownership and trifurcation process. Juridically, the University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering is with Bengaluru Central University, but the Kori Committee trifurcation documents revealed, it should remain with Bangalore University.