The CM urged Dharmendra Pradhan to sanction an IIM for Hyderabad and to set up Kendriya and Navodaya Vidyalayas in identified areas of Telangana.
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy today urged Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to sanction an Indian Institute of Management (IIM) for Hyderabad and to set up Kendriya Vidyalayas and Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in identified areas of Telangana.
The Chief Minister met Pradhan in the Union minister's chambers in Parliament. During the meeting, he told the minister that Hyderabad was growing rapidly in the technology, life sciences, aerospace, defence, logistics, and advanced manufacturing sectors, and stressed the urgent need for the establishment of an IIM in the historic city.
Reddy said that the Union government had already established 21 IIMs across 19 States and one Union Territory, and that Telangana also deserved an IIM. He said that the establishment of an IIM in Hyderabad would improve educational opportunities for students from poor and middle-class families in Telangana.
He informed the minister that 200 acres of land required for the establishment of the IIM had already been identified on the University of Hyderabad campus. He added that a transit campus was also ready to immediately commence classes, and that the State government would grant all the necessary permissions and provide the required facilities.
The Chief Minister also told Pradhan that Hyderabad had air, road and rail connectivity to all parts of the country, a conducive environment, and a legacy of producing prominent personalities in diverse fields.
Reddy also appealed to the minister to sanction nine new Kendriya Vidyalayas and 16 Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in line with the increased number of districts in the State. He said that these institutions would provide quality education to students in rural as well as rapidly urbanising areas.
He requested for the immediate establishment of Kendriya Vidyalayas in Komaram Bheem Asifabad, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Kamareddy, Jogulamba Gadwal, Narayanpet, Nagarkurnool, Suryapet, Vikarabad and Nirmal districts.
The CM also urged Pradhan to establish Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas in Hanamkonda, Jangaon, Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Jogulamba Gadwal, Mahabubabad, Medchal-Malkajgiri, Medak, Mulugu, Narayanpet, Peddapalli, Rajanna Sircilla, Vikarabad, Wanaparthy, Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, Nirmal and Adilabad districts.
He said that the State government was ready to provide the necessary land and other facilities for the establishment of the Vidyalayas.