The State Government has constituted a committee to work out modalities to establish Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University and Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University in Andhra Pradesh.
The committee has Inspector General of Registration and Stamps and Director, Andhra Pradesh Telugu and Sanskrit Academi V. Ramakrishna as its Chairman, Joint Director, AP State Council of Higher Education T.V. Krishna Murthy as Member-Convenor and OSD, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University V. Nireekshana Babu, OSD, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University Velaga Joshi and Deputy Secretary, Department of Higher Education Ch. Venkateswara Rao as members.
The Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University came into existence in the erstwhile composite State of Andhra Pradesh through “Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University Act, 1982” and similarly, Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University came into being through “The Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University Act, 1985”.
