Andhra writes to Centre to affiliate Sri Venkateswara college to AU

Amaravati/New Delhi, Feb 13 : In a bid to better cater to the educational needs of Andhra Pradesh students in the national capital, Chief Minister Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has written to Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, seeking permission to affiliate Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi with Visakhapatnam-based Andhra University (AU).
“In order to operationalize this, the government of AP intends to amend the AP Universities Act 1991 to expand the power of affiliation of AU to affiliate Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi so as to facilitate greater access to higher education in Delhi for students of AP origin,” wrote Reddy to Nishank.
The chief minister noted that there is a need to facilitate greater accessibility to higher education in Delhi for students of Andhra Pradesh origin.
“It is to cater to this very need that Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi was established in 1961 under the visionary leadership of Durgabhai Deshmukh along with K. L. Rao and C. Anna Rao,” noted Reddy.
Deshmukh, founder of the Andhra Education Society (AES) believed that there was a need to have proper educational facilities for Telugu speaking students in the capital city.
Reddy also highlighted that the Delhi college is managed by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), with the world famous temple’s management body contributing to the development and progress of the college.