VIJAYAWADA: The government plans to establish a new university to adopt and promote new technologies, announced
chief minister
Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy during the review on IT and technology at his Tadepalli camp office on Friday.
The chief minister emphasised the need to promote technology in everyday life across the state. He told officials to focus on introducing technology, extend mobile technology and mobile network coverage in villages. Officials were also told to open
internet
libraries in the
villages
within the next three years.
The chief minister asked officials to construct in every village a separate building that could be used as an internet library. The technology provided by this library should help the youth start working online, including a work-from-home option, he said. The library should also connect the village secretariat and Rythu Bharosa Kendras (RBKs) and ensure uninterrupted network supply. These libraries should also provide network facility to every house on demand, the chief minister said.
The chief minister directed officials to plan an integrated technology park in Visakhapatnam. The park should comprise a high-end skill university, incubation centre, laboratories, IT towers, data centres and other facilities.
The proposed emerging technologies university should also have robotics, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, black chain technologies, data analytics science, advanced electronics, application of science and technology in teaching, medical and health, agriculture, water resources and other sectors. The chief minister asked officials to engage experts from across the country to prepare proposals for the university.
Jagan Mohan Reddy also asked officials to plan IT concept cities in the state. These concept cities should come up at Visakhapatnam, Tirupati and any place close to Bengaluru, he said. Each concept city should be established on a minimum extent of 2,000 acres of land. The chief minister told officials to identify the land for the concept cities and provide world-class infrastructure before inviting IT firms. A master plan for the concept cities should be developed and every building proposed should have a unique architecture, the chief minister said.
Minister for IT Mekapati Gowtham Reddy, principal advisor to the chief minister Nilam Sahwney, senior officials Satish Chandra, G Jayalakshmi, B Sundar, N Srikanth, M M Nayak, M Madhusudhan Reddy and others were present at the review.