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By Express News ServiceHYDERABAD: It has been close to two years since the Telangana government announced setting up of an exclusive university for women by upgrading the Koti Women’s College. However, as per the reply placed by the Ministry of Human Resource Developement in the Lok Sabha on Monday, the State government has not yet submitted any proposal to the ministry for creation of a women’s university in the State. It was in last February the then education minister and present TRS MLC Kadiam Srihari had announced that Koti Women’s College would be upgraded to the status of a women’s university. The reply placed by MHRD said, “To facilitate Central funding for state higher educational institutions, a Centrally sponsored scheme Rashtriya Uchchatar Shiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) is being implemented. There is no major technical hurdle in sending the proposal but the State government has not yet given us a nod for it, he said..