Prof. M. Vijaya Kumar, Rector, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Anantapur (JNTUA) has assumed charge as Vice-Chancellor In-Charge of Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, A.P. on 20th January, 2023. He is an erudite professor, well-known teacher and eminent researcher who aspires to use science and technology to improve community life. RGUKT Basar is a residential university that provides high quality educational opportunities for the talented rural youth of Telangana. It offers a six year integrated program in emerging technologies such as IT, Nanotechnology, Cloud Computing, etc and issues a laptop to every student. The primary objective of establishing RGUKT was to provide high quality educational opportunities for the aimed rural youth of Andhra Pradesh. The initial goal was that at least the top 1 % of the rural graduates would be given the opportunity to study at RGUKT . The top 1% of rural graduates is around 6,000 to 7,000 per year. Thus, the three campuses would need residential accommodation for about 36,000 students for the six year integrated program. At present, most universities in India and ... (Established by the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh and recognized as per Section 2 (f), 12 (B) of UGC Act, 1956)
