Education and IT Minister Nara Lokesh said that it has been decided to set up the Indian International Law University (IIULER) in the capital Amaravati. The bill for the establishment of IIULER in Amaravati for legal education and research of the Bar Council of India Trust was introduced in the Legislative Assembly by the Minister and the members unanimously approved it.
Speaking on this occasion, Minister Lokesh said that State Governor Abdul Nazeer has sanctioned IIULER to Andhra Pradesh. He thanked the Governor on behalf of the people of Andhra for taking special initiative in this regard. He explained that the state government has allotted a total of 55 acres for this university.
He said that this has been allotted on lease at the rate of Rs. 1 per square meter for 60 years and the government has the responsibility to encourage international universities when they come to the state. On this occasion, Minister Lokesh informed that steps will be taken to start admissions from the 2025-26 academic year.
He said that reservations will be implemented as per the central government regulations. He said that about 20 percent of the seats will be given to those from the state. Minister Nara Lokesh revealed that their goal is to make this university a center for research and not just for legal education. He lamented that due to the regulations imposed by the previous YSRCP government, private universities did not come to AP and they moved to neighboring states.
Speaking in the assembly on the occasion of introducing the Establishment and Regularization of Private Universities Amendment Bill in Andhra Pradesh, Lokesh clarified that the then government had brought the Private University Act in 2016 with the aim of quality education, research and industry-based education in universities.
As part of this, it was decided to allow the establishment of greenfield and brownfield universities. He recalled that through this, 14 private universities came to the state. He expressed anger that the YSRCP government had inadvertently imposed a rule that only those with a compulsory joint certification degree from top-100 global universities would be admitted.
Lokesh revealed that the decision to remove the joint certification rule was taken with the intention of competing with other states and attracting universities from around the world to AP.
