A large number of students originally from the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh are either planning to go out of the troubled part of the state or have already taken admission outside. Many of them have taken admission in the other two regions of Andhra Pradesh––coastal Andhra or Rayalseema––or even elsewhere in the country.

Many of them, who can afford, do not want to risk the career and life of their youths as they fear that there is a long-drawn battle ahead. What is interesting is that a large number of them who are sending their wards to other parts of the state or country are those espousing the cause of Telangana or even leading the movement for separate state.

Trouble has been brewing up in Telangana ever since December 2009, but there has hardly been any drop in the number of students going to that state from Bihar. Andhra Pradesh has highest number of engineering colleges in the country, many of them in Hyderabad and its vicinity. Besides engineering, there are other professional institutes in that state.

What is strange is that a large number of counsellors––and even students, who are on summer vacation here––are still advising the youngsters to take admission in colleges in Hyderabad and adjoining areas.
It seems that the original people of Telangana are aware of the gravity of the situation whereas the touts of the engineering colleges, spread in north India, are deliberately underplaying the seriousness of the situation for business interest. If students of north India do not take admission many of them may be forced to close down, it is feared. After all as high as two lakh seats remained vacant in over 6,000 engineering colleges spread all over India.
However, it is expected that, if the trouble continues for long and the information reach the interior of north India, especially Bihar, the flow to Telangana region would certainly slow down.

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