Hyderabad, Sept 25:
The National Institute of Design technology has been allotted to Hyderabad, thus fulfilling the dreams of late Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy who rooted for such an institution in state. This was disclosed to the media by Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Mr Anand Sharma here on Friday. The new national design policy of the Government of India envisages to set-up four new NIDs in the pattern of the institute in Ahmedabad during the 11th Five Year Plan. Hyderabad is one of the four avenues selected by the Centre to set up an NID.
The minister pointed out that Hyderabad will be the right place for setting up such institutes and was confident that the state would provide necessary infrastructure including land for the NID. The other three institutes will be set up in different regions as decided by the Central Government.
YSR when he was alive, he requested the Centre for the NID, because NID will be focusing on handlooms and handicrafts. So Hyderabad is ideally located in the state which could serve the other regions of Andhra Pradesh