In an attempt to have a standardised and up-to-date curriculum in engineering, management and pharmacy colleges across the state, the higher and technical education department is in the process of setting up a technology university, as reported in DNA.

According to the state's higher education minister Rajesh Tope, 70-80% colleges affiliated to traditional universities deal only with the mainstream courses of arts, science and commerce.
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"Universities are not able to give full attention to professional colleges. Their curriculum is also outdated and therefore of no use to the companies that recruit our students," he said.