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  • JNTU, Synopsis to launch new software design programme.

    Hyderabad: Synopsys, the US-headquartered world leader in software designing, and Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) in Hyderabad on Friday signed an agreement to establish microelectronics programme at the JNTU.

    The programme is aimed at training local talent and providing highly skilled specialists that can address the complex design requirements of semiconductor industry companies, an official said.

    The plan is for the newly established bachelors and masters programmes in JNTU-Hyderabad to provide skill development opportunities to more than 300,000 students every year.

    JNTU-Hyderabad is the largest nodal university in India with more than 300 affiliated colleges.

    Under the programme, Synopsys will give the university students access to the company’s digital and embedded electronic design automation (EDA) software as part of its worldwide university programme.

    JNTU-Hyderabad will use the instructional services from Seer Akademi, a curriculum partner and member of the Synopsys University Programme, to effectively administer the curriculum and to ensure effective use.

    “The huge promise that India holds for the growth of the high tech electronics systems industry depends to a large extent on the availability of qualified, industry-ready, engineers,” said Doctor Pradip Dutta, corporate vice president and managing director at Synopsys India.

    “JNTU-Hyderabad is pleased to receive this unique honour,” said Vice-Chancellor D. Narasimha Reddy. “JNTU-Hyderabad’s collaboration with Synopsys and Seer Akademi will result in a new generation of highly skilled industry ready graduates and professors” he added.

  • STAFF CRUNCH No faculty balance in varsities.

    The new universities are established in semi-urban areas so the professors and others are reluctant to leave major cities and work in semi- urban areas.

    Five years after setting up nine new universities in various districts across Andhra Pradesh, the state government has not rationalised the faculty and non-teaching staff in these new universities.

    As a result, the old universities have excess staff while the new universities have an acute shortage of staff.

    The new universities were formed after reducing the jurisdiction of the old universities, so hundreds of constituent colleges and pri
    vate colleges affiliated to the old universities were shifted to the new universities, considerably reducing the work burden on the old universities. The staff strength, though, continued to remain the same For instance, Osmania University earlier had about 700 staff members with a jurisdiction of 800 affiliation colleges. Today, the number has been reduced to 400 colleges.

    However, OU’s staff strength continues to be the same. Many of its constituent and affiliated colleges are now under the jurisdiction of new universities such as Telangana University, Nalgonda University and Palamur University.

    Most have just one full-time professor in each depart
    ment; the rest of the staff is employed on contract.

    A senior official in the higher education department explains this uneven distribution of lecturers: “The old universities are located in major cities such as Hyderabad, Visakhapatnam etc. The professors and staff members have been working in them for years.

    The new universities are established in semi-urban areas such as Nizamabad, Mahbubnagar, Kurnool etc.

    Source : DC

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