Koti College will be upgraded to women's university

The Koti Women’s College will be upgraded to a Telangana Women’s University, declared deputy chief minister and education minister, Kadiyam Srihari, during a surprise visit to the college on Thursday.

According to a release issued by the minister’s office, the college will be upgraded from the ensuing academic year after seeking approval from chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao. Srihari has sought a report from the higher education department officials on the facilities required to upgrade the college into a university, within a month.

During the visit, the minister also spoke to students and enquired about the quality of education at the college. He inspected various facilities such as the library, building, classrooms, etc of the college, spread over 40 acres of



land.

Expressing his concerns over the absence of a women’s university in Telangana, Srihari said: “The proposal to set up a women’s university was recently floated in a meeting with union minister of human resource development, Prakash Javdekar. We are hopeful that the central government will help us in doing so.”

Koti Women’s College has the potential to be upgraded as the women’s university for the said,” said the minister pointing out how according to the State Reorganization Act, the centre has to grant a women's university to Telangana.At present, 42 undergraduate and post-graduate courses are offered at the 94-yearold college. The minister said that research work can also be taken up once the college is converted into a university.