Consequent on its decision of permittingengineeringeducation in regional languages, the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) gave its consent for the NRI Institute of Technology, a private autonomous engineering college in Krishna district, to introduce the programme inTelugu.
The move is expected to provide a level playing field for the students, particularly from the rural and tribal areas who have studied in their native languages since childhood. One of the major recommendations of the National