Acharya Jayashankar & PV Narasimha Rao Get Universities Named After Them

Telangana government has issued GOs as per Act 6 of AP Reorganization Act bifurcating the 50-year-old Acharya NG Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Hyderabad and the Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati. The Telangana units of both the universities are named after Professor Jayashankar and PV Narasimha Rao respectively.

Late Prof Jayashankar, who stood for the Telangana movement throughout his life got a small tribute by getting a university named after him. The agricultural university, is named as ‘Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University’.

In a separate GO, the government said the Veterinary University, to be formed following the bifurcation of Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University, Tirupati, would be named as ‘Sri P V Narasimha Rao Telangana State University for Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences’.

Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU) mandate involves Education, Research and Extension activities. Accordingly Veterinary Colleges, Research Stations
and Extension Centres were established in both the successor States (erstwhile three regions) to address the location specific needs to meet above functions. At present, within the State of Telangana,there are two Veterinary Colleges, one Dairy Technology College, Four Animal Husbandry Polytechnics, Two Livestock Research Stations, one Buffalo Research Station, one All India Coordinated Research Project on Poultry, one Krishi Vignana Kendra and One Fisheries Research Station. Activities at these institutes would run as usual under the new name.

The Government also announced there could be another new university named after the former PM.