RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF

KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGIES (RGUKT)

BASAR
A SPRINGBOARD TO THE FUTURE FOR THE
TALENTED RURAL YOUTH
OF TELANGANA

A BRIEF PRESENTATION

Dr. A. Ashok, IAS, Vice-Chancellor.

 About RGUKT
 Established Under Act 18 of 2008 by Erstwhile Govt of AP:
 Later adopted by Govt of TS vide G.O. MS No. 29/2014 and amended as
Act 8 of 2016.
 Vision: Catering to the Educational Needs of Gifted Rural Youth of
Telangana State .
 University houses about 6000 students along with 216 faculty
members and 119 Administrative Staff within its campus.
 About 444 outsourcing staff.
 University offers 7 – Year Integrated B.Tech Programme and 2 –
Year M.Tech Programme in Computational Engineering.
 First University in India imparting ICT based education for rural
youth.
 Infrastructural Facilities
 Excellent infrastructure spread over 272.21 acres.
 3 Academic Blocks with 120 ICT equipped class rooms.
 Dedicated laptop to each student.
 Departmental cum Lab Building equipped with State of Art Laboratories.
 6 Hostel Buildings accommodating approximately 6,000 students.
 3 Messes each with capacity to handle 2000 students.
 Summer Storage Tank (27 acres) with 90 million liters capacity.
 6 RO treatment plants providing drinking water facility for students and staff.
 30-Bed Hospital, Shopping Complex, Bank, Post Office, Guest Houses, Sewage
Treatment Plant, Student Activity Centre (Gym, Badminton & Table Tennis courts,
Yoga hall)
 Two auditoriums with seating capacity of 800 and 300 respectively.
 Staff quarters for accommodating 220 families. 50 flats under construction.
 Administrative Block and Library Building under construction.
Budget allocation, Releases and
Expenditure
Grants in aid ( allotted) under Grants in aid ( received) under
Financial Year Expenditure incurred
310/311 & 310/312 310/311 & 310/312

2015-16 Rs.93 Cr Rs. 84 Cr Rs. 84.00 Cr

2016-17 Rs.30 Cr & 20 Cr Rs. 30 Cr & Rs. 10 Cr Rs.40 Cr

2017-18 Rs. 30 Cr Rs.12.5 Cr 12.5 Cr

• Grants-in-aid for salaries for the month of Sep. Rs. 2.50 crores is yet to be received.

• Government were requested vide this office letter dated 13.5.2017 for providing
Rs.64.00 crores under 310/312 Other Grants-in-Aid for the maintenance of the
University and Civil Works to be undertaken.
Staff Details
 Teaching Staff
Associate Assistant Mentor
Faculty positions Professor
Professor Professor
Permanent Faculty Sanctioned 25 40 81 0

Faculty required as per UGC/AICTE norms 37 73 219 0

Permanent Faculty recruited 0 0 21 0

Vacant positions against sanctioned 25 40 60 0

Faculty available on contract 11 2 132 50

 Non-Teaching Staff
 Contract – 119
 Outsourcing – 444
 Administration – 74
 House keeping – 190
 Security - 180
 Progress & Achievements of RGUKT
 Local Chapter for NPTEL:
 NPTEL material available and dynamically updated at the campus.
 RGUKT ranked at 36th position (among 1000 centers) in the country and ranked 1st among all the
local chapters in the state of Telangana (May 2017).
 RGUKT stands in the top 4% of the country (Jan 2018).
 NASSCOM: QP and FSIT programs running from December 2017.
 NASA space settlement contest-Ames research centre:
 Project “VIHAN” adjudged 2nd Place in 2016-17 world wide contest.

 Internet of Things (IoT) laboratories:

 INTEL Intelligent Lab for IoT based technologies - operational.

 iB Hubs IoT Incubation Centre – will start functioning from 2019.

 ARM University Program:

 Embedded systems, Mechatronics, SoC design etc.

 DIGITHON – RGUKT in Association with TITA successfully made Basara the first digital-
literate village in Telangana State.
 Progress & Achievements of RGUKT

 SPIC-MACAY (Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music & Culture Amongst Youth) –
First Telangana Convention – Jan 2019.
 National workshop on Powder Metallurgy & Advanced Ceremics, Sep 2018.
 ICAFM:
 ICAFM 2017 organized International Conference on Advanced Functional
Materials.
 About Conference:
It is first of its kind where internationally acclaimed scientists from Physics and
Chemistry come together to discuss and to showcase their research findings to highly
motivated researchers from India and abroad. The lectures cover from basics to
applications in Nano-Science and Nano-Technology, Synthetic Chemistry, Green
Chemistry and Computational Materials Science. Mostly, emphasis will be given on
topics that are in common to both Physics and Chemistry.
 Progress & Achievements of RGUKT

 MOU with NIT-W:

 RGUKT, Basar entered a MOU with National Institute of Technology, Warangal
on 3rd January 2019 for collaborative research work, to establish academic
and scientific relationships, to promote joint research activities and to extend
mutual support in graduate, post-graduate and doctoral programmes.
 MOU with NCRI:
 RGUKT, Basar entered a MOU with National Council of Rural Institutes (MHRD,
Government of India) and conducted workshop on Curriculum, Development on
Main streaming SFDRR and Rural Resilience.
 MOU with CITD:
 RGUKT, Basar entered a MOU with Central Institute of Tool Design (CITD) to
impart technical and practical skills to make students ready for industry.
 Progress & Achievements of RGUKT
 Permission to fill up 96 Teaching Vacancies:
 To fill up 96 Teaching Vacancies, vide G.O.Ms.No.34 dated 25.11.2017, steps
are being taken, duly following rule of reservation and roster points scrupulously
and to obtain approval of Executive Committee.

 C.C Cameras:
 Recently 36 surveillance C.C cameras are installed in Hostels, steps are being
taken to bring entire campus under surveillance of C.C cameras.

 10% hike in salaries to Non-Teaching Staff affected:

 Implemented two men committee report on anomalies in salaries and affected
10% hike in salaries to Non-Teaching staff. In respect of Teaching staff awaiting
for the report of Prof.Tirupathi Rao Committee.
Progress & Achievements of RGUKT
 Outreach programs: Reaching out to local schools and colleges to share
knowledge.
 Soft Skills and Finishing school Training for rural students – making
them industry ready to rub shoulders with the best.
 Consultancy Projects undertaken by a few Engineering departments.
 Self sustained campus facilities – cater to the needs of close to 7000
residents.
 Improved infrastructure by adding new Departmental buildings in
2016. New completely digitized library building nearing completion.
 AntahPragnya – National Level Techfest organized by RGUKT to bring
out the creative talent resulting in development of technological
working models of societal relevance. Draws the participation of over
1000 students from nearby schools and colleges.
 Progress & Achievements of RGUKT
 Research & Publications by Faculty
 Published about 52 papers in reputed International/National journals during past 2 years.
 6 publications in International/National conference proceedings during past 2 years.
 Published 2 books with reputed publishers in the domain of Management and Sciences.
 Students Achievements
 Secured top ranks in GATE 2017 (i.e., 1st, 6th, 8th, 12th and so on)
 Number of students procuring opportunities for higher education at reputed institutions.
 Placements in Central Government organizations such as DRDO, ISRO, BARC etc through
GATE.
 About 185 students selected as Engineers into various departments of Government of
Telangana ( viz., Irrigation, R&B, RWS etc.)
 Close to 35 students selected as Assistant Engineers in TS GENCO & TRANSCO.
 RGUKT Team secured 3rd position in FICE INTEL IoT national level competition conducted in
Bengaluru (2017).
 Team of students has presented their work at RISE 2017, international conference which
was held in Hong Cong from 11th – 13th July on Non-Invasive Glucometers.
 Won various other prizes at State, National & International levels in curricular and extra –
curricular activities.
Progress & Achievements of RGUKT
 Awards
 Won Excellence Award at the 13th World Education Summit, Mumbai Dec 8th 2018 for exemplary work
in imparting high-standard education to the rural youth through Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurial Development
Programs.
 Won Excellence award at 2nd Annual Higher Education & Human Resource conclave, Sep 2018 for
being the first university to adopt BLOCK Chain Technology for making certificates temper-proof.
 Won award at 8th NTA ICT World Communication Summit (2014) for its outstanding contribution to
rural education.
 Won IT in Higher Education award at the 10th eIndia IT summit (2014).
 Awards Won by Faculty
 Bharat Vidya Ratan award (2017) for outstanding achievement in the field of education.
 National Award of Excellence (Adarsh Vidya Saraswati Rashtriya Puraskar, 2017) for
contribution in the field of research and education
 Award for Research of Excellence in Indo-Global Education Summit and Expo (2017)
 Received Women in Education Award at 25th Business School Affair and Dewang Mehta National
Educational Awards (2017)
 Literary Bauva Award (2017) for outstanding contribution in the field of literature, language and
education.
 Awards Won by Students
 IoT Thought Leadership Award (2017) by Dept. of Telecommunications, Ministry of
Communications and Information Technology, Govt. of India.
 Implementation of Online services by
RGUKT, Basar.
The following online services are implemented in RGUKT,
Basar :
Administration Department :
 Biometric Attendance Management Application (BAMA) – Completed
 Employee Leave Management System – Completed
 Fee Management System – Completed
 Grievance Redress (e-complaint) cell – Completed
 Careers and Recruitments – Completed
 Student/Employee Information (e-profile) system – Completed
 University Website Design and Maintenance – Completed
 Online Convocation Services – Completed
 Digital Notices (Web/Email/SMS) Management system – Completed
 E-Card Management System (ID Cards) – Completed
 Survey Management System – Completed
 Alumni Portal – Completed
 Tech-Fest (Annual Day) support services – Completed
 Implementation of Online services by
RGUKT, Basar.
The following online services are implemented in RGUKT,
Basar :
Administration Department :
 Security Gate Management (Out Pass) System – Completed
 Inventory/Store Management – Partially Completed
 Certificates and Document Management – Partially Completed
 Human resource Management – Yet to be Completed
 File (e-office) Management – Yet to be Completed
Academics:
 Online UG & PG Admission Processing System – Completed
 Branch Registration & Allocation for Engineering – Completed
 Semester Registration – Completed
 Online Attendance Management System (AMS) – Completed
 Digitization of Content – Completed
 Library Management System – Completed
 Implementation of Online services by
RGUKT, Basar.
The following online services are implemented in RGUKT,
Basar :
Academics:
 Feedback Survey Management System – Completed
 Examination Database Design and Maintenance – Completed
 Certificate Design and Printing – Completed
 Exam and Mark Sheet Management – Completed
 Hall Ticket Generation – Completed
Examination:
 Remedial Registration – Completed
 Grade Improvement Registration – Completed
 Issue of certificate through online Registration – Completed
 Seat Matrix of Students – Exams (Class Room Allocation) – Partially Completed
 Implementation of Online services by
RGUKT, Basar.
The following online services are implemented in RGUKT,
Basar :
Hostel:
 Hostel Management System – Completed
 Mess management System – Completed
 Hospital Management System – Partially Completed

Training and Placement:

 Training and Placement Management System – Completed
 Campus Recruitment Training – Completed
 Online Examination Management - EMS – Completed

 Out of 39 Services 33 Services are fully completed, 4 Services are Partially

Completed and 2 Services are yet to be completed.
 Internship & Placements

 Internship offers for RGUKT students with (among many others):

 BHEL, BDL, BILT, BARC , NFC, DRDO, SCR, NFTDC, HMT, RCI, INCOIS.
 Govt. of Telangana (CAD), Department of Irrigation.
 ESSAR steel, Renault, L&T Metro, Aurobindo Pharma, Hetero Drugs etc.
 Provision for final year students to go for 6 month project internship from December
leading to employment in same company.
 Internship in industry risen from mere 20% in 2013 to close to 80% in 2018.
 Year-wise Campus Placement Statistics
NO. OF STUDENTS
S.NO ACADEMIC YEAR NO. OF COMPANIES VISITED % OF PLACEMENTS
PLACED
1 AY 2013-14 57 388/1429 27.15%
2 AY 2014-15 54 353/1697 20.80%
3 AY 2015-16 48 309/746 40.44%

4 AY 2016-17 50 287/798 35.96%

5 AY 2017-18 64 290/741 39.13%

6 AY 2018-19 Projected 70 207/666 31.08 (On going)
Incubation Centers at RGUKT
 MOU signed on 18th Nov 2016 with TITA (Telangana IT Association)
to set up the “Telangana Innovation and Incubation Center(TIIC) at
RGUKT Campus, to generate start-ups.

 First incubation centre “SAFE TRACE” has commenced its operations,

a facility started by a Japanese company.

 EPAM will commence incubation center at TIIC, RGUKT Shortly.

 iB Hubs to start an IoT technologies incubation center.

Future Action Plans and Programs
2017-18
SHORT TERM
 Implementation of various MHRD Digital Initiative plans such as SWAYAM,
National Digital Library, FOSSEE, National Academic Depository, e-Yantra,
e-Vidwan, etc.
 Up gradation of existing laboratories.
 Comprehensive application submitted to UGC for grant of 12(b)
status. Would help in procuring additional funds for research and
infrastructure development.
 Submission of SSR for NAAC as per revised guidelines announced by
UGC.
 Regularization of vast number of staff (Teaching and Non-Teaching),
majority of who have been sincerely serving RGUKT and have been
a part of its success story.
 Recruitment of regular faculty to fill vacancies against sanctioned
posts.
Future Action Plans and Programs
2018-19
LONG TERM
 NBA accreditation for engineering programs – a step
towards making RGUKT one of the premier educational
institutions in India.
 Strengthening infrastructure – setting up of Technology
Development Centers, Research Centers, Regional Skill
Development Centers, Specialized laboratories etc.
 Development of infrastructure facilities for sports.
 Construction of Departmental Buildings for Sciences.
 MOUs with leading Industry partners and Premier
Research Institutes for joint curriculum development, and
collaborative research in current and future technologies.
UNIVERSITIES AS CENTRES OF
EXCELLENCE
• Fast track appointments to fill up faculty positions.
• Freedom and proper incentive to faculty interested in
Regular doing research. Strengthen academic environment.
Faculty

• Mandatory quality checks for Universities.

• Fixed portion of University mandate to be allotted to
research by faculty.
Selective • Provide for Universities to interact with society to
Autonomy understand their needs.

• To be developed only after quality teaching and

Centre of researchers established in the University.
Excellence
 INDUSTRY & BUSINESS LINKAGE
 Create more avenues for academia-industry interaction to include
more industries and Universities. Currently highly polarised to ‘premier
institutions’ only.
 Industry skill set development courses can be made mandatory at
University itself.
 Take the probation period training of fresh graduates in industry to
University level itself. Saves work time and resources.
 Industries and Industry bodies can tie up with Universities to conduct
pooled skill development programs.
 Identify Universities with specialised abilities to set up Technology
Development Centres in current and futuristic technologies.
 Academia – Industry joint curriculum development with joint
certification.
 Academia – Industry interaction with society and public representatives
to understand practical requirements.
 FUNDING PATTERN
 Funding to emphasise more on outcome of research and its
relevance .
 Decentralise funding to more sector specific agencies. Too
much funds concentrated with a few agencies at present.
 Rope in Industry to participate more actively in funding on
current research.
 A portion of taxes paid by Industry may be allotted by
Government directly to industry to help fund such research.
 Funding can give preference to collaborative research
between academic institutions and academia – industry
interactive research. Helps in developing a wider pool of
researchers and spreading of research techniques and
ideas.
 ISSUES
 BUDGET :
 As during current financial year an amount of Rs.30 crores is
released. Another 64 crores may be released to meet
immediate requirements.

 Filling up of Posts :
 Filling up of permanent Non-Teaching staff in place of contract
employees 119 contract employees are working against Non-
Teaching posts to be appointed by regular Recruitment.