The Centre is learnt to have tentatively agreed to establish the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) in Tirupati, in what will be the latest addition to the city’s list of premier educational institutions.
NIELIT, an autonomous scientific society functioning under the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), has 47 centres across India to deliver industy-oriented quality education and training programmes in emerging areas like hardware, cyber law, cybersecurity, cloud computing, GIS, Blockchain, electronic system design and manufacturing (ESDM) and e-governance.