Students of the SRM Engineering College on the outskirts of Chennai went on a rampage after reports that the college had lost its AICTE affiliation.
According to students, the Principal told them that instead of B Tech degrees they would get B Sc degrees.
Enraged by the news, students protested violently on the campus, smashing computers, windowpanes and even the principal's car.
The NDTV crew was also attacked by local goons and their cameras smashed and broken by the Kancheepuram district Superintendent A Amalraj. But after media pressure, the police have returned the tape.
Police inaction
The college authorities have done nothing to stop the hooliganism on campus. Even the police seemed unable to rein in goons from neighbouring villages.
In view of the situation going out of hand, all the students were asked to leave and the college has been shut down indefinitely.
Meanwhile NDTV has lodged a police complaint and a delegation of journalists met the Director General of police, Tamil Nadu who promised a fair investigation.
So this was the news item released by NDTV
I am an Alumnus of this college and here is some information form a current student who comes under demmed university.
all about aicte approval and UGC for deemed univs 2/28/2006 5:43
well guys lot of comosion go over here and there....let me just fill in with really imp facts or acts for deemed to be university colleges...1) every college in tamilnadu was affliated to anna university by the year 2002(the yr is imp)...2) aicte gives immd. approval to all govt university and their affliated colleges also get the thing sanctioned fast..later its fully approved...3) but over the time many of gr8 college who got the aicte approval(in 2002) (as they were under the anna university rule then ) are now given the deemed university status by UGC ....and always the aicte approval given to the college is only for a period of time hence it was there from 2k2 to 2k5 for all colleges .... 4) now this year 2k6 ...anna university gets automatiaclly the approval(govt college duh!)..hence so does the affliated colleges... but no more is the deemed univs under anna univ. hence we dont get the approval easy way.... we have to seperately apply like new inst. then there will be inspection auditing then approval will be given ..belive me guys govt process takes time....>>> but according to the rules formulated by UGC (nder whom aicte comes) ...deemed univs come under Direct supervision of UGC and MHRD like IITs and NITs do... so we dont require aicte approval... and this is clearly stated in the official webpages of aicte...>> taking into the above cond. our colleges took there on time (as its just not that imp)...but for foriegn colleges the application depends on the aicte approval status on college...there our college hits a brick wall... hence there is actually no need for aicte(as colleges like MIT ,cardiff,carneigmellon accept our status and the australian govt. too )..but there is a need(if ur applying for some colleges abroad... as for the CAT exam candidtates we will have to wait for Govt to give its verdict cause when SC told iims to follow AICTE list there was no deemed univs..but now we do...lets just hope for the best people...
Here is another current student......
After three years of oppression by the managment, the hostel students struck back with full force at the college....they blocked the highway for nearly two hours....broke all the glass panes of the hotel managment block....broke everything in royal cafe and royal inn....looted the supermarket....broke everything in the hi-tec block.....looted at least 70 computers from the comp.sci lab in the high-tech block.It all started when a news started circulating in the hostels that we are going to get B.Sc degrees instead of B.Tech coz the college was not recognized by the AICTE. The Sannasi and KRS guys got into a group and went to the Princi's house and demanded a clarification. They failed to get a satisfactory explanation, and by this time many more students who stayed in nearby rooms joined the group. Mob mentality took over and the rioting started. Our chairman came with 60 police personnel and the brought the situation under control quickly lathicharging the students. Some 30-40 students were detained in a marriage hall, but they were released the following morning and i don't think any FIR's were filed.The college tried desperately to prevent this whole episode from coming in the media and even broke the tapes and camera of the NDTV crew who came to cover the incident...but obviously such an incident cannot be supressed and SUN NEWS did a report on it. Though the looting and the destruction was regrettable, the fact is that the college would have severely punished anyone who would have taken part in the non-violent protest planned the following day morning.
Now here are my 2 cents worth...
SRM Engineering College had the potential to be one of the best in the State of Tamil Nadu but when the college received it's demmed university status it started it's slow decline.
The college for the past 3 years now has been more interested in raking in the moolah and not in the least bothered as to how it would affect the reputation of the college when it geva admission to over a 1000 students, of which almost a third in a single department. This was asking for trouble in itself. The problem is with the AICTE application. This has noting to do with the admissions given but it definately shows the laid back attitiude of the college when it comes to the students. This incident has portrayed the college in a very bad light. I feel bad to say that I am an alumnus of that college. I am after all a n Anna University student and that's the degree that I hold, but I feel bad for all the people who joined that college 3 years ago with the expecation of doing a degree in a college that had a reputation of being one best under the anna university banner.. If the entire situation now goes belly up, all they will have to show will be be B.Sc. degrees which are worth nothing at all because they are not recognised by the AICTE.. which means they cannot write any exams right now for their further studies.... The careers of over 4000 young people is on the line in the current scenario. If some plays with thier futures in this manner noting but what happened it SRM yesterday can be expected. What are they supposed to do... Sit on their hands and heels and let thier careers go down the drain.. My sincerest request to all parites involed in sorting out the acctreditation status to please get the house in order atlest for these 4000 students. The matter can be sorted out at a later date for the new joinees if there are any..
Here is wishing my best to all the current SRM Demmed Uniersity stuents, hoping that a suitable solution comes out for the mess you all are in...
Rahul...
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