Despite the State government extending the status quo of the University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering (UVCEs) academic and administrative arrangement with the Bangalore University (BU), the latter has relieved 77 faculty members and 29 technical staff of UVCE from service.
“UVCE teaching and non-teaching staff have decided to continue their service in the same institution after the government rejected their proposal to opt into Bangalore University. Therefore, Bangalore University has relieved them from service,” sources said.
UVCE was a constituent college of Bangalore University since 1964 and it became an autonomous institution on March 25, 2022. Due to financial crunch and other issues, a total of 69 teaching faculty and few technical staff decided to opt into Bangalore University. They also submitted a representation to the government along with the staff list and documents for further action on March 9, 2023.
