pune lok sabha speaker manohar joshi who was on sunday declared chancellor of dnyaneshwar vidyapeeth dv a private educational institute in the city said he would strive and seek a deemed university status for the institute in the near futurejoshi said it was better that the institute was private and not recognised by the governmenti have a strong belief that technical education should be made available to all deserving students at a cheaper rate on a wider scale however certain government rules are such that they defeat the very purpose of education any type of government help or recognition restricts the freedom of an institute the reason why i revoked the government recognition given to the kohinoor technical institute joshi saidgovernment recognition has its own positive and negative aspects what matters most is practical knowledge and work experience joshi added promising that he would not use his political clout while managing the institutejoshi said that dv was engaged in the task of providing equal education opportunities to students from all walks of life and that he would try and make the institute a haven for quality education at affordable feesduring the function vice chancellor of the institute arun kudale said that their institute was not interested in getting government recognition for any of their coursesnonetheless our courses are on par with those offered by other government recognised institutes he saidhowever symbiosis society founder s b muzumdar disagreed with kudales views and said government recognition was important taking into consideration future education and employment prospects of the studentsupon this joshi replied that the institute would certainly opt for government recognition in the future if necessary