Smriti Irani to lay foundation stone for IIT, IIIT & IISER today

Tirupati, March 28: Union Human Resources Development Minister Smriti Zubin Irani, Union Minister for Urban Development Venkaiah Naidu and AP Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and other Central and State Ministers are to lay the foundation stone for three premier education institutes near Panguru of Yerpedu mandal near Tirupati on Saturday. The three institutions are the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT). Speaking to mediapersons in Tirupati, Chittoor District Collector Siddharth Jain said the district administration had acquired roughly 550 acres of land for IIT near Merlapaka. He said the administration also acquired around 250 acres of land around Panguru village in Yerpedu mandal near Tirupati from the farmers, with their consent. The District Collector further said the State government had already disbursed a sum of Rs 70 crore towards the compensation to the farmers. The premier institutions are expected to become operational within the next 2-3 years. However, meantime the institutions will begin their academic sessions from July this year itself in temporary campuses.