JNTU-Hyderabad has withdrawn its notification searching for a Rs 5,000 guideship charge from non-public faculty college for PhD supervision following widespread criticism. The college stated the popularity course of has been postponed pending administrative assessment and refunds shall be initiated.
Revealed Date – 12 February 2026, 01:02 PM
Hyderabad:The Jawaharlal Nehru Technological College (JNTU) – Hyderabad revoked the notification searching for purposes, with the guideship charge of Rs.5,000, from non-public schools college for analysis supervision.
After ‘Telangana As we speak’ story on backlash towards the newly imposed guideship charge, the college revoked the notification that was issued on January 29 and disabled the web registration hyperlink.
In a recent discover, JNTU-Hyderabad R&D Cell Director, Dr. A Chennakesava Reddy stated the method of recognition / renewal of PhD supervisors is postponed till additional orders.
“This resolution has been taken as per the instructions of the competent authority, pending administrative assessment. All involved are suggested to await additional directions, which shall be communicated sooner or later by means of the official portal,” he stated.
Based on a senior official, the college will confirm the variety of registrations and provoke refund of the guideship charge paid by the candidates.
Earlier, the R&D Cell of the primary technological college within the nation sought crucial paperwork and an affidavit executed on a non-judicial stamp paper from non-public college, priced analysis students allotment at Rs.5,000. The candidates have been to be submitted on or earlier than February 13 (5 pm).
This controversial transfer had raised eyebrows among the many lecturers, who stated not simply within the college’s historical past no varsity within the nation ever supplied such guideship recognition for college for cash.
Aside from college officers, the registration notification didn’t go down nicely with non-public faculty workers who demanded the college revoke it instantly, stating that such imposition of the charge was towards the foundations.
A number of years in the past, the JNTU-Hyderabad opened the doorways for the private-affiliated schools college to enrol as PhD supervisors. It has additionally rolled out strict norms, together with two years of educating after PhD publication, and mandated publication of a minimal 5 papers, which aren’t associated to PhD thesis, in reputed journals to be eligible for the supervisor place. Additional, the applicant ought to proceed six years of service in the identical faculty.
