The campus has male and female dormitory areas, administrative areas, etc.
UPDATE – 12:06 AM, Monday – December 19 22
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Hyderabad: The 1,632-acre Osmania University (OU) campus will soon be divided into different areas, including male and female residence halls and administrative areas.
According to the school’s plan, after the completion of the new centenary administrative building opposite the gate of the IICT that has just laid the foundation stone, the administrative building where the current principal’s office is located will be converted into a female dormitory.
With other women’s dormitories nearby, officials are considering converting the area into a women’s dormitory.
Likewise, the varsity is working on plans to bring all men’s dorms into one area. Once the proposed Centennial Administrative District is completed, the area will be demarcated as an administrative district.
In addition, OU has plans to build a new 500-bed residence hall for engineering students on campus. The proposal has been finalized and will be presented to the Executive Council, the university’s top decision-making body. The proposed halls of residence will be used for boys studying in the University’s Faculty of Engineering, which is currently in poor condition.
For the past four years, the university has been growing like crazy. So far, four new residence halls have been built on campus. The varsity recently laid the foundations for a 500-capacity men’s dormitory, which will cost an estimated Rs 395 crore to build. The new residence halls for engineering students will follow a similar approach.
Earlier, the varsity opened a new 500-seat Centennial girls’ dormitory building on campus, and another female dormitory building was established at OU’s constituent college, Nizam College.
Plan to introduce the concept of “teaching by practice”
Osmania University’s (OU) campuses, affiliated colleges and affiliated colleges can soon hire industry experts to teach various courses under the teaching-by-practice concept introduced by the University’s plans.
Under this concept, universities are developing plans to hire or invite experts from different fields, including the IT industry, scientists, bureaucrats and politicians, as well as parliamentary speakers, to teach relevant subjects or give lectures on a full-time or part-time basis.
The university’s move comes after the University Grants Committee issued guidelines on hiring specialists led by professors of practice. Unlike regular faculty, under this concept there are no mandatory doctoral terms requiring specialists to teach. However, these experts should have at least 15 years of experience in the field.
More than just teaching, universities can also use the services of experts to design courses in line with industry needs, thereby improving students’ employability quotients.
“We plan to introduce professors of practice on University campuses, affiliated colleges and affiliated colleges starting this academic year. This will be discussed in an upcoming University Executive Committee and a decision will be taken,” OU Vice-Chancellor Professor D Ravinder told Telangana today.