Hyderabad sources have stated that the expert committee on scrutinizing the proposals of private universities to set up their campuses in AP on Monday has examined 10 fresh proposals including offers made by World Peace University, Vel Tech and Karunya University and the committee has also been mandated to oversee establishment of an education hub in the state as well as put in place the accreditation process for the new private universities.
It was stated that among the other institutions that evinced interest in setting up campuses in AP, specifically in the Amaravathi region, are Saveetha University, Amritha University, Mahatma Gandhi University, YVR, Seer Academy, Great Lakes International Institute and Vedic University.
Sources have added that the TDP government has already issued letters of intent to four universities, Amity University, SRM University, Vellore Institute of Technology and Centurion University and the process of awarding letter of intent to Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) is on.
Meanwhile a project monitoring unit (PMU) is to be set up with the higher education principal secretary as its chairperson and the PMU will ensure that potential investors are given proper guidance as well as take up preliminary analysis of fresh applications by institutions and coordinate with the expert committee.
