Mangaluru : The Academic Council of Mangalore University in its meeting on Tuesday agreed to give its affiliation to seven new degree colleges, five private and two constituent colleges of the university, from the academic year 2015-16. Of them three, including two private, would be evening colleges.

The five private colleges are BGS First Grade College, Kavoor (B.Com.); Nishara Degree College, Harekala (B.A., B.Com.); Meredian College of Hotel Management, Koteshwar (Bachelor of Hotel Management); Alva’s Evening College, Moodbidri (B.A., B.Com., BBM); and Geen Mountain Evening College, Madikeri (B.Com.)

The council gave its approval for the university to open its own degree college with B.A. and B.Com. courses at Konaje and start an evening college on the premises of University College, Hampankatta (B.A., B.Com.).

Though two more private managements had sought permission to open two colleges, the council rejected affiliation immediately as the local inquiry committees of the university had observed that they lacked basic infrastructure to offer classes.

Vice-Chancellor K. Byrappa, who presided over the meeting, said that one more chance would be given to those managements to come up with infrastructure before the start of the academic year 2015-16. A local inquiry committee of the university should visit those colleges again in May and verify if they have fulfilled the criteria prescribed. The affiliation would be given if they met the standards. The two institutes are Nidhi Institute of Creative Art Management, Mangaluru (B.Sc. in animation), and The Vinci International Institute of Design, Mangaluru (Diploma in animation and visual effect).

The council decided that the local inquiry committees should re-visit Yenepoya College, Mangaluru; Shirdi Sai Degree College, Karkala; Government First Grade College, Karkala, and K. Shivaram Karanth Government First Grade College, Bellare, to ascertain if they have fulfilled the conditions laid for renewing their affiliation for 2015-16.

B.A. Patil, the Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Mangaluru Region, requested the university not to compare the government degree colleges at par with private colleges for assessing infrastructure facilities while granting and renewing affiliation. The university should show some relaxation for government degree colleges as steps were being taken to construct their own buildings for many colleges, he said.