Union Education Minister inaugurates new buildings on NIT Andhra Pradesh virtually

New buildings on the National Institute of Technology, Andhra Pradesh inaugurated by Union Education Minister virtually.

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Andhra Pradesh State Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh virtually inaugurated the new buildings on the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Andhra Pradesh, at Tadepalligudem in West Godavari district. The Ministers, along with Board of Governors (BoG) Chairperson Mridula Ramesh, NIT Director C.S.P. Rao and in-charge Registrar Dinesh P. Sankar Reddy opened the new buildings.

While speaking at the inauguration, Mr. Suresh said that the NIT management has submitted a proposal for the construction of other structures, estimated at a cost of  Rs 350 crore in the second phase, and appealed to Mr. Pokhriyal to sanction the amount.
Responding to Mr. Suresh’s request, the Union Education Minister said the Government of India has sanctioned Rs 415 crore in the first phase for NIT AP, and assured to grant budget for taking up construction works under the second phase.

Director Professor Rao said incubation centres, industry-collaborative research centres, quarters for faculty and administrative staff, additional laboratories and classrooms will come up in the second phase on the campus. The Ministers praised the NIT management for constructing the academic building, hostels, laboratory, guesthouse and other structures for the institute and preparing the project report for the next phase of construction.

The Director explained the achievements of the NIT, the introduction of new courses, placements and the industry-academic relationships being made by the institute’s management. Additional Director General Madan Mohan and heads and deans of various departments of NIT AP participated.

The premier engineering institution offers four-year of BTech, MS (By Research), and PhD courses in many specialisations. Admissions in NIT AP are based on national levels entrance exams such as the JEE Main for studying BTech and GATE MS respectively. The institute also offers it's students several facilities such as a library, hostels, state of the art infrastructure, etc.

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