HYDERABAD: Three alumni of the Acharya NG Ranga Agriculture University, now holding key positions, played a key role in the varsity being earmarked a whopping Rs 100 crore grant in the Budget presented by Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee in Parliament on Friday.
The three, principal secretary and Angrau vice-chancellor V Nagi Reddy, Warangal MP S Rajaiah and head of the varsity's school of agri-business management A Janaiah, succeeded in mustering the support of chief minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and Union petroleum minister S Jaipal Reddy, who are believed to have pulled the strings at Centre.
Officials and students were pleasantly surprised to the
university name in the budget speech of the Union Finance Minister,
Pranab Mukherjee. This is the first time that the varsity is getting
such a huge amount and it is the only institution from the State to have
received such amount.
In-charge Vice-Chancellor of ANGRAU, V. Nagi Reddy told
The Hindu
that the money will be used for creating infrastructure, improving the
laboratories and buying new equipment in order to improve the research
and extension activities. Focus will be on biotechnology and IT
laboratories. The funds will also be used to develop polytechnics under
the university.
Mr. Reddy admitted that Chief
Minister, N. Kiran Kumar Reddy, Union Minister for Petroleum S. Jaipal
Reddy and ANGRAU alumnus and Parliament member, Rajaiah, played a key
role in getting the allocation.
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