<p class="title">A Central team, led by Union Human Resources Development Ministry Additional Secretary S S Sandhu, visited the district after one year and inspected the site, reserved for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Information and Technology (IIIT) on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The officials obtained information about the 65 acres of land reserved for the purpose near Vadavati in the taluk and conducted a meeting later.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They discussed the availability of water, soil and transport with the district administration officials.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Union PWD chief engineer C N Roy and assistant engineer K M Suresh were the team along with State IIBT Department director R Girish, Dharwad IIIT’s Prof Deepak,<br />Bengaluru IIIT executive officer Jagadish Patil and Kanchipuram IIIT’s Basindar Machi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Union government had given approval for the establishment of the Raichur IIIT on January 25, 2018. It was expected to start classes from the academic year 2018-19. </p>
<p class="title">A Central team, led by Union Human Resources Development Ministry Additional Secretary S S Sandhu, visited the district after one year and inspected the site, reserved for the establishment of the Indian Institute of Information and Technology (IIIT) on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The officials obtained information about the 65 acres of land reserved for the purpose near Vadavati in the taluk and conducted a meeting later.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They discussed the availability of water, soil and transport with the district administration officials.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Union PWD chief engineer C N Roy and assistant engineer K M Suresh were the team along with State IIBT Department director R Girish, Dharwad IIIT’s Prof Deepak,<br />Bengaluru IIIT executive officer Jagadish Patil and Kanchipuram IIIT’s Basindar Machi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Union government had given approval for the establishment of the Raichur IIIT on January 25, 2018. It was expected to start classes from the academic year 2018-19. </p>