The Governor of the state Tamilisai Soundararajan today inaugurated the golden jubilee celebrations of the JNTU, in the city.
She also released a new logo for the university on the occasion.
Soundararajan also laid the foundation stone for the construction of a centre for the alumni of the university.
Speaking on the occasion, the Governor noted that JNTU was the first technological university of the country, and that it had a good reputation in the country right since it was created.
She added that the university always had state-of-the-art infrastructure, continuously upgraded with the changing times.
University Vice-Chancellor Professor Narasimha Reddy said that the university had got permissions to set up engineering colleges in Sircilla and Sultanpur, too.