State government has notified guidelines paving the way for establishing private universities in the State. A government order issued on Tuesday said those intend to establish a private university in the State can obtain an application from the website of Telangana State Council of Higher Education (TSCHE) by paying Rs 50,000. The filled-in applications forms in a specified format, along with a detailed project report (DPR) have to be submitted along with Rs 10 lakh non-refundable fee to the Secretary, Higher Education Department, it said.
As per the guidelines, sponsoring bodies like trusts, societies and others should secure 20 acres of land if they wanted to establish a university within the Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority (HMDA) limits. In case of the outside of HMDA, then, they should have 30 acres of land. That apart, the prospective sponsoring bodies should show at least 1,000 sq meters of administrative and 10,000 sq meters of academic buildings and a corpus fund of Rs 10 crore, besides a fixed deposit to stand as a guarantee for the development of infrastructure.
Applications received will be scrutinised by an expert committee headed by Secretary Higher Education Department.