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Indian Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Management, All-India Institute of Medical Sciences and Central University are among major institutions, varsities and centres of excellence to be set up in Andhra Pradesh with the Central Government’s support.
The newly formed Andhra Pradesh Government has begun identifying land required to set up these institutions and other infrastructure in the three circuits of Tirupati, the Krishna-Guntur region and Visakhaptanam, Ganta Srinivasa Rao, State Minister for Human Resources Development, said.
Speaking to newspersons after assuming office at the State Secretariat here today, he said, “A meeting held with State Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has decided to begin academic sessions early from makeshift premises till such time as the infrastructure required for these projects gets created.”
He said it was decided to locate an IIT, NIT, IIIT, IIM, IIS Education Research, AIIMs, Central University, Tribal University, Agriculture University and the National Institute of Disaster Management, in clusters based on the availability of infrastructure, connectivity and human resources in these areas.
Accordingly, the State Ministry of Urban Development has been entrusted the task of identifying land for these institutes. The port city of Vizag, which would be developed as financial hub, will have an IIM, IIIT, a tribal varsity and an Institute of Petroleum. It was decided that Vizag would be an ideal location for a petroleum institute as the PCPIR (Petroleum, Chemical and Petrochemical Investment Region) is coming up in the costal region there and HPCL is a major player.
It is proposed to set up an AIIMS, NIT, NIDM and Agriculture University in the Krishna-Guntur area. And Tirupati would host a Central University, IISCR and IIT. Each of the three circuits would have about 1,000 acres initially, with a proposal to increase it by another 1,000 acres.
Referring to fee reimbursement issue, he said, “The Government will ensure that students do not suffer due to division of the State. The modalities were being worked out.”
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