L. C. BILL No. XXIII OF 2026.

A BILL

further to amend the Maharashtra Private Skills Universities

(Establishment and Regulation) Act, 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

(Establishment and Regulation) (Fourth Amendment) Act, 2026.

Mah.

XXXV of

2024.

Short title.

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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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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 :—

“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.”.

Amendment

of Schedule to

Mah. XXXV of

2024.

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XXXV of

2024.

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STATEMENT 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.