Decks have been cleared for the land acquisition process for the permanent headquarters of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technological University (KTU) and the process will begin on Thursday.
The university headquarters would be built on 50 acres of land in the first block of Vilappil village in Kattakada taluk.
A decision on setting up the new campus of the university at Vilappilsala was taken at a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on February 21, 2017. At a subsequent meeting on December 18, 2018, attended by the then Minister for Higher Education K.T. Jaleel, Kattakada MLA I.B. Satheesh, Vice Chancellor of the KTU and officials from the Higher Education and Revenue departments, it was decided to move forward with the land acquisition.
