The jurisdiction of the century-old University of Mysore (UoM) will henceforth be confined to Mysuru district instead of four districts after the government’s move to establish varsities in Mandya, Chamarajanagar, and Hassan. The UoM’s control will now be limited to less than 100 first grade colleges.
The number of students studying in UoM will also come down from 1.26 lakh to around 40,000 students.
UoM Vice-Chancellor G. Hemantha Kumar told The Hindu that the number of colleges affiliated to UoM would reduce to 75. “We may be asked to go ahead with PG admissions but if everything goes as expected then the new universities may start admissions in November. If not, this year’s PG admission may have to be continued by UoM itself. Further details in this regard are awaited,” he said.
