JOIN USCabinet approves trifurcation of BU
The State Cabinet on Monday gave its approval for an amendment bill that provides for trifurcation of Bangalore University (BU) and fixing jurisdiction of the new universities.
The Karnataka State Universities (Amendment) Bill, 2015 provides for restructuring of the existing Bangalore University by establishing three universities BU (North), BU (Central) and BU (South).
Sources said the assembly constituencies in Bengaluru Urban, Bengaluru Rural, Chikkaballapura and Kolar districts have been taken as the unit for division.
Splitting Bangalore University was inevitable as it had 600 constituent colleges and 3.5 lakh students and the number was way too high for rendering efficient administration.
The sources said BU (South) with its headquarters at the present Jnana Bharathi campus will have colleges coming under the jurisdiction of the assembly constituencies of Vijayanagar, Padmanabhanagar, Bommanahalli, Anekal, Bangalore (south), Yeshwanthpur, Rajarajeshwarinagar, Dasarahalli, Mahalakshmi Layout, Govindarajnagar, Nelamangala, Magadi, Ramanagara, Kanakapura and Channapatna.
BU (Central) with its headquarters at Central college will have colleges coming under the jurisdiction of the assembly constituencies of Shantinagar, Byatarayanapura, Yelahanka, Malleswaram, Hebbal, Shivajinagar, Gandhinagar, Chikpet, Basavanagudi, BTM Layout, Jayanagar and Rajajinagar.
BU (North) with its headquarters at Post-Graduate Centre, Kolar will have colleges coming under the jurisdiction of the assembly constituencies of Kolar, Malur, KR Pura, Pulakeshinagar, Sarvajnanagar, CV Ramanagar, Mahadevapura, Gouribidanur, Bagepalli, Chikkaballapura, Shidlaghatta, Chintamani, Devanahalli, Hoskote and Doddaballapura.
The then governor H R Bhardwaj had rejected a bill drafted by the previous BJP government to bifurcate Bangalore University and set up a new varsity - DVG Jnanavahini University - with headquarters at Hoskote.
Bhardwaj had stated that the move would destroy Bangalore University’s structure and divide its resources. However, the present government has been insisting on splitting Bangalore University. At least three reports had been placed before the government on splitting Bangalore University. A committee headed by K R Venugopal, principal, University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, had recommended that the university be split into five varsities. A committee headed by former vice-chancellor Dr N Rudraiah had recommended that the university be trifurcated.