hyderabad educational institutions in the city have beefed up their security in the wake of the dilsukhnagar twin blasts that killed at least 16 and wounded over 100 people some colleges have installed new cctv cameras to instill confidence among students while others are planning to follow suit officials said all government institutions including central and state universities said on wednesday they were in the process of beefing up the existing security system according to college and university authorities efforts to secure campuses have been on for the past few months with police taking active interest in making safe institutions sprawling across huge areas but without much monitoring however post the twin blasts campuses have come under the close watch of city police the first to intensify security was university of hyderabad gachibowli the campus now runs a thorough check at all its gates where security personnel stand guard 24x7 the university also has a photo identification system right at the main gate of the campus where outsiders without university id card are made to register their names phone numbers and also their vehicle numbers there was a drive to boost security in institutions which are located in the gachibowli stretch police officials were in touch with the university authorities and we decided to beef up our security said victor kumar security officer university of hyderabad the university has a sprawling 1800 acre campuscyberabad police will implement similar security measures on other campuses in gachibowli including indian school of business isb and international institute of information technology iiit hyderabad these campuses have come under the police scanner as they fall on the gachibowli stretch which is connected to the citys it hub hitec city identified as a possible terror target as per the recent intelligence information other campuses which have beefed up their security include osmania university tarnaka and jawaharlal nehru technological university jntu kukatpally we have also asked osmania university police to set up their outpost on campus as there are security concerns said b satyanarayana president osmania university teachers association outa jntu hyderabad has already increased their security staff strength from 15 to 40 within the last couple of days the city police too are clear about their plan to secure campuses college authorities were asked to set up committees to talk to students and build confidence among them all political activities on city campuses are under a close watch we do not want students to come under the influence of political agents from outside said a senior police officer from cyberabad commissionerate after the twin blasts students from other states studying in city campuses have been getting frantic calls from their family members asking them to go back home till fear factor dies down authorities said they have been asked to keep a tab on some of the top city colleges too are intending to beef up their security in the near future there are several engineering colleges located in gandipet and rangareddy district the fact that