bhopal the madhya pradesh private universities regulatory commission mppurc will organize meets across the country to attract corporate houses to invest in the state to set up private universities chairman of the commission dr a k pandey said the state needs more private universities at least a dozen more he said while talking to the toi on saturday presently 12 private universities are in the state based at bhopal indore and gwalior having a population of around 75 million several remote areas in the state are still deprived of quality education said dr pandey he said private universities have come up in last five years where over 35000 students are studying we want to reach out to places like jhabua and balaghat among others where higher education is either missing or availability of the universities is negligible he said he hopes to have at least five new private universities in next two years he said the commission will hold meetings in bengaluru pune hyderabad chennai and mumbai among other education hubs to showcase potential in madhya pradesh and to invite corporates to invest in the state the private universities in the state are aisect bhopal aks university satna amity university gwalior itm university gwalior jagran lake city university bhopal jaypee university guna oriental university indore peoples university indore rkdf university bhopal svn university sagar and techno global university sironj