Karnataka State Universities Act, 2000

Last updated April 14, 2019

The Karnataka State Universities Act, 2000 [1] (Karnataka Act No. 29 of 2001) was an enactment passed by the Government of State of Karnataka, India.

Karnataka is a state in the south western region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as the State of Mysore, it was renamed Karnataka in 1973. The state corresponds to the Carnatic region. The capital and largest city is Bangalore (Bengaluru).

India, also known as the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh largest country by area and with more than 1.3 billion people, it is the second most populous country as well as the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia.

Description

The Act was first published in the Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) on 13 September 2001 to replace the then existing Karnataka State Universities Act, 1976. The Act was enacted with a view to increase the number of higher educational facilities in the state, and to create a common structure of administration over them.

Amendments

Amending Act 33 of 2003 - A Women’s University at Bijapur was established from the academic year 2003–2004 to promote Higher Education among women in northern Karnataka.
Amending Act 10 of 2004 - Tumkur University, [2] which was carved out from Bangalore University, was established, with territorial jurisdiction over the districts of Tumkur, Kolar, Bangalore Rural (excluding Kanakapura and Hoskote Taluks) to reduce the unwieldy workload of the Bangalore University and to promote convenience of the students.
Amending Act 2 of 2005 - Jurisdiction of Tumkur University restricted to Tumkur district.

Structure

The act mandates that all state run universities have the following authorities as part of their structure.

Syndicate, whose powers include administering the finances, funds and properties, and the management of all substructures.
Academic Council, whose powers subject to the provisions of this Act, the Statutes, Ordinances and Regulations, have the control and general regulation of, and be responsible for the maintenance of, the standards of instruction, education and examination of the University.
Finance Committee, scrutinizes the accounts of the universities, and checks for financial mismanagement.
Board of Studies, functions decided by statutes.
Faculties, functions decided by statutes.
Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Board, places resolutions before the academic council.

Merits

It allows for autonomous colleges to be affiliated to the university, though this is subject to regulations, political and bureaucratic procedures.
Allows for transfer of employees between state universities.
Uniform administrative structure across all state universities. It acts like a guideline for forming new universities and colleges.
Explicitly stated are equal opportunity provisions for enrollment on basis of caste, disability, sex, race, class and background.

Criticisms

The requirement that colleges be affiliated is a notion that is still carried on. A college is required to be affiliated in order to exist and maintain standards and norms set by the university. The autonomy of the college is thereby impaired.
It mandates a territorial jurisdiction of universities, thereby denying colleges to make a free choice as to which university they want to affiliate to.
Independent senates of several universities were abolished. The new structure consists of positions of power held by state government officials, and those nominated directly or indirectly by government ministries or politicians.
Authorities having more influence and power have more appointed officers and less academicians.
The act specifies seniority (number of years of employment) as a means of selecting professors rather than alternative means of evaluation.
It prohibits those appointed to teach, to conduct private tuitions. Financing and Labour issues prevent the university or affiliated colleges from hiring the best available lecturer with higher remuneration. Prohibiting private tuitions only treated the issue symptomatically than by addressing the cause of decreasing quality.
Research is considered to be the same as teaching in the sense of extended study. No administrative provisions exist to facilitate the research impact of a university, like laboratories, research centers, PhD student enrollment, graduate student enrollment, tenure process of a professor, research grants to professors.

Politically (legislature) appointed officials within the syndicate

Since the university is maintained and funded by the state government it is expected that officials of the state government executive manage the administrative affairs. The governor of the state is the Chancellor of the University, and include those nominated by the chancellor. However, the law makes it possible for the ruling state government legislature to also make appointments and thereby have political control.

Six persons are nominated by the State Government legislature.

The others include two members nominated by the Chancellor, commissioner for collegiate education, director of technical education, one dean, two chancellor nominees, four principals.

The position of Pro-Chancellor is the current minister in charge of higher education of the legislature, and can act on behalf of the Chancellor if the Chancellor is absent.

Non-academic government (executive and legislature) appointed officials within the academic council

Commissioner for collegiate education or his nominee
Director of technical education or his nominee
One member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Two members of the Karnataka Legislative Council
Three eminent persons representing industry nominated by the state government

The others include five professors, five deans and six students.

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References

↑ THE KARNATAKA STATE UNIVERSITIES ACT, 2000
↑ Tumkur University, 1st Floor, Dr B R Ambedkar Bhavan, M G Road Tumkur - 572 101, Karnataka

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[1] THE KARNATAKA STATE UNIVERSITIES ACT, 2000

[2] Tumkur University, 1st Floor, Dr B R Ambedkar Bhavan, M G Road Tumkur - 572 101, Karnataka