100 agri varsity staff to shift to Guntur

More than a 100-odd employees presently working in Agriculture University in Rajendranagar, Hyderabad will soon be soon shifting to an apartment building situated close to new Agriculture University campus for which foundation stone was laid by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu some time ago. Since the present campus of Regional Agriculture Research Station (RARS) is being upgraded into a full-fledged State agriculture university.

The construction activity of the university buildings is expected to commence from early 2016 and until such time the buildings are constructed to house the university departments and research institutes, the university office of the Vice-chancellor and Registrar will be operating from a private apartment complex of the ESR Construction Company which build a couple of apartment blocks at the Inner Ring road on the Amaravati road, to house the university offices and the 100-odd employees who would be shifting to the new office complex by June 2016. Vice-chancellor of the university Dr.A Padmaraju will be operating from the new university office complex from June onwards.

The RARS which is being upgraded into an Agriculture University will be spread across 500 acres of land available at the premises. It will be the only agriculture university for the State catering to the interests of Rayalaseema farmers who suffer due to drought conditions and the coastal districts which are prone to floods and natural calamities.