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  • KPHB slaps eviction notice on JNTU

    HYDERABAD: Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU)-Hyderabad, with over 415 colleges affiliated to it, might soon be forced to relocate from its 100-acre campus at Kukatpally. The Kukatpally Housing Board that owns the land on which the university stands has served eviction notice on the university stating that the lease period of 30 years had already expired.

    While the land was leased out to the university at its inception in 1980 for a lease of Rs 1 lakh per annum, at present the board wants the university to either purchase the land for Rs 100 crore or take it on lease for Rs 1.26 crore per year.

    “We get just about Rs 16 crores as grants out of which Rs 10 crore is paid back to the government under various labels. We will not be able to spare Rs 1.2 crores to KPHB every year,” said D N Reddy, vice-chancellor, JNTU. The JNTU campus has over 24 to 25 buildings. “We cannot give away the campus to the board after spending crores on developing it,” the VC said. The university authorities had earlier asked the state to intervene and exempt the university from such a huge lease amount. While the matter was brought to the notice of minister for higher education, Damodar Raja Narasimha, no action has been taken so far due to the political turmoil in the state.

    Meanwhile, officials of Kukatpally housing board stated that the university should make the state government purchase the land. “Over 10 acres of land that was given to the university on lease is now occupied by private parties. The university did not take enough care to protect the land,” alleged board officials.

    Source :     TOI

  • Homeland Security ponders fate of Tri-Valley students.

    Washington: The fate of hundreds of Indian students of a sham US university not implicated in the investigation of visa fraud by the closed school is under “active discussion” by US authorities.

    “The focus right now is on issues regarding what happens for students who are not implicated in the ongoing investigation,” State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley told reporters on Friday.

    “Those are matters under active discussion within the Department of Homeland Security,” he said when asked about the fate of hundreds of Indian students affected by the closure of sham Tri-Valley University (TVU) in California.

    Nearly 1,500 Indian students of TVU face the prospect of deportation unless they can secure admission to another school to maintain their visa status.

    Earlier this week US authorities agreed to work closely with the Indian embassy here for early resolution of the problems faced by the Indian students.

    The agreement was reached at a meeting between Indian Ambassador Meera Shankar and the affected Indian students with representatives from the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Student Exchange Visitor Programme (SEVP) present.

    There was a detailed and useful discussion and exchange of information on the manner in which the problems of students at TVU are being addressed, and some of the continuing concerns of the students, the embassy said.

    “It was agreed that the students and representatives from ICE and SEVP would remain in touch with the Embassy to continue to work together for early resolution of the issue,” it said.

    The Embassy said it had also been informed by US authorities that more than 50 per cent of the students were at various stages of processing for reinstatement.

    Other students were advised to contact ICE on their website, or contact their call centre at telephone 703-603-3400 to initiate the consideration of their cases.

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