2 more engg colleges apply for shutting down from this yr

Nagpur: Even as ITM College of Engineering is shutting down, two more engineering colleges have already applied for permission to shut down to the joint director of technical education office in the city.

Namdeorao Poreddiwar College of Engineering and Technology at Gadchiroli, and Suresh Deshmukh College of Engineering at Wardha will take the total number of engineering colleges to shut down in last two years to 11.“We’re yet to receive ITM’s proposal, but we’ve got proposals from Poreddiwar and Deshmukh colleges to stop operations from next academic year (2018-19).

They cited poor response from students, and unavailability of qualified faculty, as main reasons for their decisions,” joint director for technical education Gulabrao Thakre told TOI.He added that many colleges had applied for closing branches like information technology and electronics and telecommunications, as they found no takers.Senior officials from his office told TOI that many other colleges were in the process of closing their operations due to lack of response from students, causing losses.

On the other hand, even the government trimmed funds distributed under scholarship, due to massive scam of over Rs7,000 crore, which increased the college managements’ worries.They added that only good colleges offering quality education and facilities along with faculty were preferred by students and parents.

“Those which applied for closure had never offered good facilities and faculty to students, despite charging exorbitant fees.