Mangaluru: Mohtisham's ' 'Canopy' bags ACCE(I) MLR Ultra Tech Award 2021
Award is conferred by Association of Consulting Engineers India, Mangalore Centre
Mangaluru: Mohtisham Complexes Pvt. Ltd., one of the most renowned builders of the city has bagged the prestigious Association of Consulting Engineers India, Mangalore Centre’s Ultra Tech Award 2021 for “Well-built Concrete Structure (Multi-Storey) in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Shivamogga, and Chikkamagaluru District” for the year 2021.
Mohtisham, who have been the pioneer of several prestigious projects in the city has bagged the award for their project “Canopy” located in Urwa in Mangaluru.
The award will be conferred at the “Awards Nite” that will be held on Tuesday 11th January 2022 at the Milagres Church Hall in the city.
S.M.Arshad, Managing Director of Mohtisham Complexes Pvt Ltd. told Vartha Bharati “This award is an acknowledgment of our continuous endeavor to raise the standards & develop the highest quality, ultra-luxury residential projects having world-class infrastructure & amenities for a comprehensive/modern lifestyle in line with our vision to enhance Mangalore’s skyline.”
MOHTISHAM COMPLEXES PVT. LTD which commenced its operation in the year 1990, is the leading property developer in Mangalore with 31 years of experience in building Residential Apartments, Commercial Complexes & Malls. Around 50 properties developed & in the process of development with a total land area of about 50 Acres.
“Every Mohtisham project takes care of the community living provisions required to ensure peaceful co-existence. By undertaking the pre-requisites of collective living, due attention is paid to common facilities and long-term maintenance issues, all this without burdening investors time and again. Innovative practices have ensured that minimum funds are required to be used for maintenance purposes,” an official statement from the company stated.
“Mangalore city today is a picture of the multi-dimensional growth that Mohtisham had envisioned way back in 1990. It is Mohtisham’s unflinching commitment to quality and adherence to standards that has set the benchmark for its performance. This quality consciousness exemplifies all projects of Mohtisham. The iconic City Centre Mall of Mangalore, Ivory Towers Apartments, and now Canopy and Fernhill Apartments stand testimony to our efforts at innovation and quality consciousness,” the company says.
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Single higher education regulator bill tabled in LS; Oppn flags ‘centralisation,' JPC likely
New Delhi: A bill to set up a 13-member body to regulate institutions of higher education was introduced in the Lok Sabha on Monday.
Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan introduced the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, which seeks to establish an overarching higher education commission along with three councils for regulation, accreditation, and ensuring academic standards for universities and higher education institutions in India.
Meanwhile, the move drew strong opposition, with members warning that it could weaken institutional autonomy and result in excessive centralisation of higher education in India.
The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill, 2025, earlier known as the Higher Education Council of India (HECI) Bill, has been introduced in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
The proposed legislation seeks to merge three existing regulatory bodies, the University Grants Commission (UGC), the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), and the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), into a single unified body called the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan.
At present, the UGC regulates non-technical higher education institutions, the AICTE oversees technical education, and the NCTE governs teacher education in India.
Under the proposed framework, the new commission will function through three separate councils responsible for regulation, accreditation, and the maintenance of academic standards across universities and higher education institutions in the country.
According to the Bill, the present challenges faced by higher educational institutions due to the multiplicity of regulators having non-harmonised regulatory approval protocols will be done away with.
The higher education commission, which will be headed by a chairperson appointed by the President of India, will cover all central universities and colleges under it, institutes of national importance functioning under the administrative purview of the Ministry of Education, including IITs, NITs, IISc, IISERs, IIMs, and IIITs.
At present, IITs and IIMs are not regulated by the University Grants Commission (UGC).
Government to refer bill to JPC; Oppn slams it
The government has expressed its willingness to refer it to a joint committee after several members of the Lok Sabha expressed strong opposition to the Bill, stating that they were not given time to study its provisions.
Responding to the opposition, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju said the government intends to refer the Bill to a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) for detailed examination.
Congress Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari warned that the Bill could result in “excessive centralisation” of higher education. He argued that the proposed law violates the constitutional division of legislative powers between the Union and the states.
According to him, the Bill goes beyond setting academic standards and intrudes into areas such as administration, affiliation, and the establishment and closure of university campuses. These matters, he said, fall under Entry 25 of the Concurrent List and Entry 32 of the State List, which cover the incorporation and regulation of state universities.
Tewari further stated that the Bill suffers from “excessive delegation of legislative power” to the proposed commission. He pointed out that crucial aspects such as accreditation frameworks, degree-granting powers, penalties, institutional autonomy, and even the supersession of institutions are left to be decided through rules, regulations, and executive directions. He argued that this amounts to a violation of established constitutional principles governing delegated legislation.
Under the Bill, the regulatory council will have the power to impose heavy penalties on higher education institutions for violating provisions of the Act or related rules. Penalties range from ₹10 lakh to ₹75 lakh for repeated violations, while establishing an institution without approval from the commission or the state government could attract a fine of up to ₹2 crore.
Concerns were also raised by members from southern states over the Hindi nomenclature of the Bill. N.K. Premachandran, an MP from the Revolutionary Socialist Party representing Kollam in Kerala, said even the name of the Bill was difficult to pronounce.
He pointed out that under Article 348 of the Constitution, the text of any Bill introduced in Parliament must be in English unless Parliament decides otherwise.
DMK MP T.M. Selvaganapathy also criticised the government for naming laws and schemes only in Hindi. He said the Constitution clearly mandates that the nomenclature of a Bill should be in English so that citizens across the country can understand its intent.
Congress MP S. Jothimani from Tamil Nadu’s Karur constituency described the Bill as another attempt to impose Hindi and termed it “an attack on federalism.”
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