surat the veer narmad south gujarat university vnsgu will start m tech course from next academic year to encourage research and higher studies in the field of engineering currently only one institute sardar vallabhbhai national institute of technology svnit offers mtech and admission is open for students across india due to nonavailability of the course in south gujarat many students are forced institutes in north and central gujarat the varsity is preparing to launch the course in two subjects computer science and physics considering availability of the resources we have presently experts for the two subjects and we will be able to start it from next academic year for other subjects we will have to work on the infrastructure and launch them at a later stage vnggu vicechancellor dakshesh thakar said normally a technology course comes under the gujarat technological university gtu however if the course is started by any university it can be run as a department taking the opportunity the varsity is starting the master course in engineering as a department of vnsgu the varsity has already initiated process for permission from all india council for technical education aicte the varsity is currently working on the courses feasibility in the region considering the need of industries to educate their existing staff and to get manpower for research the course has assumed importance varsity officials said the course will give opportunity to the graduate engineers to achieve higher excellence it will also give opportunity to accommodate faculties in the engineering field thakar said