On Friday, the state government announced that 35 colleges will be closed for functioning without approval. The move came shortly after the Centre decided to derecognize 44 deemed universities, including six in Karnataka.

One would have expected a tense atmosphere at institutes whose names came within the ‘derecognized’ bracket. Fortunately, there was no panic or questions from parents or students on the issue.

While it was business as usual on Saturday, 70 students from IFIM Business School turned up at Vidhana Soudha to submit a petition against the decision to close the institute, which they say is approved by AICTE.

Nitte Institute of Catering Studies, which is one of the derecognized colleges, is no longer functioning. “We want to have a separate campus now and have bought land in Mangalore,” a Nitte official said. Also, MATS School of Business and IT closed down three years ago. The Jain Group of Institutions has already started MATS Institute of Management and Entreprenuership and has been running it for the past three years, which is approved by AICTE.

E R Prabhakara, chief executive, Gokula Education Foundation, said: “We will explain the matter to the government. Classes are being held as usual and there is no panic or anxiety among students.” Manish Jain, CEO, Indian Business Academy, said students are already aware about the case against AICTE. “When we won the case, we displayed the information on the notice board,” he added.

E R Prabhakara, chief executive, Gokula Education Foundation, the school started before the Centre set up such regulations. “Then it asked us to submit all records, which we did. An inspection team visited our institute and a report was submitted to the Centre. Even then we have been getting notices to which we have been replying regularly. Now we are looking into the matter,”.

Institution facing the Axe

1. WLC college of India.

2. ITM Institute of Hotel Management.

3. NIFE .

4. Amity Global Business School.

5. Vasavi Institute of Management and Advance study.

6. CYGMAX Institute of Management Studies.

7. Magnus School of Business.

8. INC

9. IIJT Finance.

10. Tasmac .

11. Mentoris School of Management.

12. Asia Graduate School of Business.

13. St Mary’s College.

14. Academy of Business Management.

15. Bangalore Institute of Aeronautical Engineering.

16. Bangalore Management Academy.

17. Indian Business Academy.

18. Indian Institute of Aeronautical and Marine Engineering .

19. Srusti Info System .

20. ICFAI Institute of Science.

21. MATS School of Business.

22. Siddhartha Institute of Aeronautical Engineering .

23. Institute of Finance and International Management.

24. M S Ramaiah School of Advance Studies.

25. M P Birla Institute of Management.

26. Presidency College of Hotel Management.

27. Tasmac Traning and Advance Studies in Management and Education.

28. Agasthya College of Management Studies.

29. Nitte Institute ofCatering Studies.

30. The Institute of Engineering Science and Technology.