Six engineering colleges in Karnataka will remain closed during the current (2021-22) academic year. Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) put up a public notice on Wednesday stating that the affiliation of these colleges had been withdrawn and students enrolled with them would be re-allotted to other colleges affiliated to it.
While three of the colleges are located in Bengaluru, the others are located in Belagavi, Chamarajanagar, and KGF. The notification for the re-allotment process will be notified separately. “Aspiring students seeking fresh admission to these colleges are advised to take note of the same. If any student proceeds further with admission to these institutes, the university will not be responsible for it,” the notice from the university said.
The three colleges in Bengaluru are Alpha College of Engineering, Islamiah Institute of Technology, and BTL Institute of Technology and Management. The others identified by VTU are Shaikh College of Engineering,…