Hyderabad: There will be no change in the jurisdiction of universities for the current academic year even after new districts come into being on Dasara.
Colleges will continue to be affiliated with the same university even if they move to another district and the area covered by another university.
Osmania University covers Hyderabad, Ranga Reddy and Medak districts, while Warangal and Khammam districts are under the Kakatiya University. The Telangana University jurisdiction extends to Nizamabad and Adilabad districts.
Karimnagar is with Satavahana University, Nalgonda with Mahatma Gandhi University and Mahbubnagar with Palamuru University.
After reorganisation of the 10 districts to 27, colleges affiliated with one university could move into a district that comes under the jurisdiction of another university.
All private colleges in Jangaon revenue division are under Kakatiya University. A few mandals of the division will be clubbed with Siddipet district, which comes under Osmania University, and some others will be located in the new Yadadri district which will be covered by the Mahatma Gandhi University.
All colleges in the different mandals of Jangaon revenue division will continue their affiliation with KU even after new districts are formed.
TS Council for Higher Education chairman Prof. N. Papi Reddy said there were no plans to make any immediate changes.
“The set up will continue at least till this academic year is completed. The UGC has been deliberating a measure to reduce the number of colleges affiliated to each university to 100 or less. It has been in discussion for several years, but nothing concrete has emerged,” he said.
