Andhra Pradesh to get institutes of excellence

Andhra Pradesh will get one Indian Institute of Management (IIM), one Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), one National Institute of Technology (NIT), one central university and a tribal university, an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), one Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), a petroleum university, one agriculture university, one National Institute of Disaster Management and one All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday said according to the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, the government of India shall take steps to establish these institutes.

In the state of Telangana, one horticulture university and one tribal university are proposed to be established under the Act.

Details of locations and budgetary provisions for these institutions are yet to be finalised.

In addition to the above, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in his Budget speech, 2014-15 has announced the setting up four new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) in the states of Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir and Kerala. Besides these, IIMs are proposed to be established in Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra, Odisha and Punjab. AIIMS-type of institutions, are also proposed to be set up, one each in West Bengal, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh.

Two institutions of excellence like the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in Assam and Jharkhand, one agriculture university in Rajasthan and one horticulture university in Haryana are also proposed.

A Jai Prakash Narayan National Centre for Excellence in Humanities in Madhya Pradesh is also proposed to be set up.