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Amaravati NIELIT campus planned on 8.5 acres
The Hindu BusinessLine·
Andhra Pradesh will host a NIELIT Quantum and AI University campus in Amaravati on 8.5 acres. ₹730.70 crore is proposed over five years via MeitY grant-in-aid. NIELIT signed a state memorandum on February 20, 2026, at the India AI Impact Summit. Officials said NVIDIA's role is limited to AI Living Labs while classes may start at Acharya Nagarjuna University temporarily.
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What It Means For You
- Students may start at a temporary Acharya Nagarjuna University facility before the Amaravati build finishes.
- AI Living Labs will use NVIDIA teaching kits while hardware is procured openly by the state.
- Career programmes will sit inside NIELIT's existing deemed university framework under MeitY.
What's Happening
- Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu chaired a CRDA meeting two months ago approving the campus plan.
- State orders this year formed the AI Living Labs Foundation parallel to the university announcement.
- NVIDIA has not responded to queries on its university or Labs roles, the report said.
NIELIT deemed university framework
- Last year's announcement named NVIDIA as partner for the AI university before the narrower Labs role.
- Classes were once slated to begin early in 2026 under the original university timeline.
- The campus is described as the country's first dedicated Quantum and AI university site.
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