AU issues notices over deficiencies
Anna University
issued notices to 141 engineering colleges on Saturday over deficiencies in faculty and lab facilities following the physical inspection of 450 engineering colleges.
Among them, 10 colleges with severe deficiencies were also served show cause notices. These ten colleges could face action, including the disaffiliation of courses, if they do not have the required facilities and faculty members.
In a circular to the engineering colleges, Anna University asked the colleges to rectify the shortcomings and upload the details on or before July 18. The online general engineering counselling is scheduled to begin on Monday.
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The university conducted physical inspections of 450 engineering colleges in May for the academic year 2025-26. It found discrepancies in faculty, labs, and classrooms in most of the colleges. It gave time to colleges to file compliance reports after rectifying the discrepancies.
"The university has clearly specified whether a college has a deficiency in UG programmes or PG programmes. There will be another round of physical inspection of these colleges to ensure that they have fulfilled the required norms," a source from Anna University said.
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Following the fake faculty row last year, Anna University introduced various measures, including Aadhar-based authentication for faculty members and video recording of the inspection process, and inspected the programmes which got permanent affiliation as well.
"Anna University is planning to bring online biometric attendance for all faculty members to verify whether the faculty members continue to work in the colleges.
It would completely rule out the fake faculty members," the source added.
Professors said there is a shortage of faculty members in emerging areas such as AI and data science programmes.
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has allowed up to 20% of faculty members from the industry to teach courses in emerging areas. It would help to resolve the faculty shortage in computer-related programmes," professors said.
There is also issue of qualification of science and humanity faculty members.
The university found that many faculty did not have required NET, SET qualification.
"Colleges can also appoint retired faculty members from govt colleges to teach science and humanities subjects such as mathematics, physics, chemistry, and English to engineering students," a senior professor from the university said.
The university also made it mandatory for all engineering colleges to upload the disclosure to the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) on their web portal, to inform students and parents about the facilities available in the college.
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