NIT Andhra Pradesh collaborates with neighbourhood universities

The aim is to promote research-based local community service projects in line with the vision of National Educational Policy (NEP) 2020.  

The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Andhra Pradesh has tied up with Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) and various other local universities to promote research-based projects in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.  To meet the objective, the institute has signed its first agreement with JNTU, Kakinada, Dr YSR Horticulture University, Tadepalligudem, and Adikavi Nannaya University, Rajahmundry.  

NIT Andhra Pradesh Director CSP Rao said, “The collaboration will benefit all higher educational institutions in the Godavari region of Andhra Pradesh. We have talented faculty, highly motivated students and good collaborative partners. The kind of benefit we are looking for is the creation of new knowledge and learning platform to collaborate for executing local community service-based research projects.”  

Key outcomes envisaged from collaboration 

The areas of collaboration may include one or more of the following areas of education, research, extension and development programmes.  

• The institutes must encourage mentorship and cooperation between their faculty, administrative staff, department and research extension centres.  
• They must carry out joint research and continuing education activities on mutually agreeable terms.  
• The agreement aims at facilitating student and faculty exchange programmes, training and development activities on best practices in academics and research.  
• Institutes must share the research and related infrastructure on mutually agreeable terms.  
• They must design and implement joint academic programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in their institutes.  
• They must jointly conduct seminars, training workshops, conferences, publications and other such activities. 

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