RNI No. MAHENG /2009/35528
महाराष्ट्रट शासन राजपत्र
असाधाराण भाग आठ
वर्ष १२, अंक ३८(५)] शाुक्रवारा, जुलै १०, २०२६/आर्षाढ १९, शाके १९४८ [पृष्ठे ३, किंकंमत : रुपये २७.००
असाधाराण क्रमांक ९६
प्राकिंधाकृत प्राकाशान
महाराष्ट्र किंवधानमंडळाचे अकिंधाकिंनयेम व राज्येपालैांनी प्राख्येाकिंपत केलैेलैे अध्येादेशा व केलैेलैे
किंवकिंनयेम आकिंण किंवकिंधा व न्येाये किंवभागाकडून आलैेलैी किंवधाेयेके (इंग्रजी अनुवादे).
In pursuance of clause (3) of article 348 of the Constitution of India, the following translation in English of the Maharashtra Private Skills Universities (Establishment and Regulation) (Fourth Amendment) Bill, 2026 (L. C. BILL No. XXIII of 2026), introduced in the Maharashtra Legislative Council on the 10th July 2026, is hereby published under the authority of the Governor.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Maharashtra,
SUPRIYA DHAWARE, Secretary to Government, Law and Judiciary Department.
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L. C. BILL No. XXIII OF 2026.
A BILL
further to amend the Maharashtra Private Skills Universities
(Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2024.
Mah. XXXV of 2024.
WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Maharashtra Private Skills Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2024, for the purposes hereinafter appearing; it is hereby enacted in the Seventy-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. This Act may be called the Maharashtra Private Skills Universities Short title.
(Establishment and Regulation) (Fourth Amendment) Act, 2026.
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भाग आठ—९६-१२ महाराष्ट्रट शासन राजपत्र असाधाराण भाग आठ, जुलै १०, २०२६/आर्षाढ १९, शाके १९४८ Mah. XXXV of 2024.
2. In the SCHEDULE appended to the Maharashtra Private Skills Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2024, in Part II, in the Table, after entry 4, the following entry shall be added, namely :—
Amendment of Schedule to Mah. XXXV of 2024.
"5. OpenX Innovation University, Mumbai situated at the Kohinoor Education Complex, Kohinoor City Road, Kurla, Mumbai-400 070.
Open Education Skill Tech Foundation with CIN No. U80903MH2022NPL395607, a Company registered under the Companies Act, 2013 (18 of 2013), having its registered office at Flat A/5, Everard CHS LTD, Eastern Express Highway, Sion, Mumbai-400 022.".
महाराष्ट्रट शासन राजपत्र असाधाराण भाग आठ, जुलै १०, २०२६/आर्षाढ १९, शाके १९४८ ३STATEMENT OF OBJECTS AND REASONS
The Maharashtra Private Skills Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2024 (Mah. XXXV of 2024) provides for establishment, incorporation and regulation of self-financed private skills universities for the development and advancement of skills education in the State of Maharashtra.
2. Section 6 of the said Act provides that the Government may after considering the report submitted by the Verification Committee under sub- section (4) of section 5, if satisfied that the sponsoring body has complied with the provisions of section 5, permit the establishment of a private skills university, by inclusion of the name, location and headquarters of the private skills university and its sponsoring body in Part II of the Schedule, by amending the Schedule by enacting a law by the State Legislature.
3. The Government, after considering the report submitted by the Verification Committee under sub-section (4) of section 5, is satisfied that the sponsoring body Open Education Skill Tech Foundation has complied with the provisions of section 5 for establishment of private skills university by the name of " OpenX Innovation University, Mumbai ".
4. It is, therefore, considered expedient to amend Part II of the Schedule appended to the Maharashtra Private Skills Universities (Establishment and Regulation) Act, 2024, to permit establishment of the said proposed private skills university and to include therein the name, location and headquarters of the said university and the sponsoring body, by enacting a law.
5. The Bill seeks to achieve the above objectives.
MANGALPRABHAT LODHA, Mumbai, Minister for Skills, Employment, Dated the 9th July, 2026. Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
ON BEHALF OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATION, PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY DIRECTOR, SMT. MANISHA KUMBHAR, PRINTED AT GOVERNMENT CENTRAL PRESS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004 AND PUBLISHED AT DIRECTORATE OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING, STATIONERY AND PUBLICATIONS, 21-A, NETAJI SUBHASH ROAD, CHARNI ROAD, MUMBAI 400 004. EDITOR : DIRECTOR, SMT. MANISHA KUMBHAR.