Centre, Telangana govt mum over Osmania University request for funds
The celebrations committee was formed two months ago, but has done little except holding discussions.
Hyderabad: The start of the OU centenary year is less than six months away, but the state government has not cleared any component of the development plan proposed by the university as part of the celebrations.
The celebrations committee was formed two months ago, but has done little except holding discussions. Vice-Chancellor Prof. S. Ramachandram submitted a Rs 175-crore proposal for development of the university to Union HRD minister Prakash Javadekar two month ago and has heard nothing since.
Prof H. Venkateshwarlu, special officer of the centenary celebrations committee, has in consultation with senior professors, former V-Cs and bureaucrats made two plans. One suggests new initiatives and refurbishment of existing buildings at a cost of Rs 212 crore, six academic buildings for constituent PG colleges costing Rs 5 crore each, a conference hall to hold seminars costing Rs 20-25 crore, renovation and repairs of 100 buildings at a cost of Rs 50 lakh each, refurbishment of the Tagore auditorium to cost Rs 40 crore, restoration of lakes on campus, construction of a 4MW solar plant and construction of a Centre for Telangana Studies.
Prof. Ramachandram said that the plans would be finalised at a meeting scheduled for October 26. To tap other sources of funding the university will launch a website. One alumnus, Deepak Kant Vyas, an entrepreneur in the US, has promised to contribute Rs 1 crore for the celebrations.