Amaravati NIELIT Campus, Tirupati Centre to Co-Exist
The two institutions, it said, will have distinct and complementary roles.
Tirupati: The state government has clarified that the proposed National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) Quantum AI University in Amaravati will not replace or lead to the closure of the existing centre in Tirupati.
The two institutions, it said, will have distinct and complementary roles.
In the clarification issued on Sunday, the government said the Amaravati campus represented an expansion of NIELIT's presence in the state and should not be viewed as a shift from the Tirupati centre. NIELIT could establish up to three centres in a state. Amaravati is set to become the second centre in AP, alongside Tirupat, it was explained.
The clarification comes amid concerns raised by the YSR Congress party over the future of the proposed permanent NIELIT campus in Tirupati following the state government's decision to allot land for the Amaravati project.
According to the government, the NIELIT centre at Sri Venkateswara University was approved by the ministry of electronics and Information Technology on January 4, 2024, with a budget outlay of `8.50 crore. The university provided around 8,000 square feet of built-up space.
The centre became fully operational before its formal inauguration on October 2, 2025. It has trained 4,308 candidates in electronics, information technology and semiconductor-related fields since the beginning of the courses there in November 2024.
Its programmes cover artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity, VLSI, robotics and other emerging technologies.
The government said Tirupati would continue to focus on skill development, training and industry-linked programmes, while the proposed Amaravati campus would concentrate on advanced education, research and innovation in quantum technologies and artificial intelligence.
It said the Tirupati centre could be expanded further if around two acres of additional land were made available, which would help strengthen infrastructure, increase training capacity and introduce more programmes in emerging technologies.
Meanwhile, M Gurumurthy MP said Tirupati was originally proposed as the location for a permanent NIELIT campus and questioned why the Deemed to be University status was now being considered for Amaravati
While supporting a second centre in Amaravati for Quantum Technologies and Artificial Intelligence, the university status should be given to Tirupati, the state's first NIELIT Centre, he stressed.
