It will be located at Isnapur in Medak district
Hyderabad, December 19, 2006
The Chief Minister, Dr. YS Rajasekhara Reddy announced in the Assembly that three IITs being established in the country under the 11th plan. Andhra Pradesh has been sanctioned its first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). It will be located at Isnapur in Medak district, the hub of chemical and Pharma based industries and the proposed venue of a textile park 35 km away from Hyderabad. He further said that Human Resources Development would spend Rs. 1800 crores on the IIT during its first three years.
Basar in Adilabad district, the site originally proposed by the Government for the IIT, will get a 21st Century Gurukul Centre with a strength of 250 students. It will offer postgraduate courses in IT conforming to National and Global standards. A full-fledged campus will be established within a year at a cost of Rs. 5 crores at Basar. He added that he had received information from Union HRD Minister Arjun Singh informing him about the decision and seeking allotment of 500 to 600 acres of land free of cost and infrastructure including road, rail and air connectivity.
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