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Andhra Pradesh Minister for HRD Nara Lokesh connected Friday alleged that Andhra University had turned into a governmental bureau during the YSRCP term, and assured stringent enactment against those liable erstwhile the vigilance study was submitted.
Responding to questions raised successful the Legislative Assembly by Visakhapatnam City MLAs Velagapudi Ramakrishna Babu, P.G.V.R. Naidu (Ganababu) and Ch. Vamsikrishna Srinivas, the Minister said a broad manpower audit was presently underway successful each State-run universities.
He alleged that respective enactment activists were appointed to assorted posts during the YSRCP word and stated that the audit would beryllium completed successful 30 days, aft which enactment would beryllium initiated against ineligible appointees.
On demands to regularise declaration workers, regular wage staff, NMR employees and Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS), Mr. Lokesh said the authorities would instrumentality an due determination successful consultation with the Finance Department aft the audit findings.
He besides informed the House that a vigilance enquiry into alleged irregularities by erstwhile Vice-Chancellor Prasad Reddy was successful progress, and the study was expected successful 45 days. “Strict enactment volition travel based connected the findings,” the Minister said.
Highlighting world performance, Mr. Lokesh noted that Andhra University’s NIRF ranking had slipped from 29 successful 2019 to 76 successful 2023, but improved to 41 aft the conjugation authorities assumed office. In the assemblage category, the ranking roseate from 43 successful 2023 to 23 successful 2025. “The authorities is present aiming to bring the instauration into the apical 10 nationally,” helium said.
The Minister besides assured that the university’s centenary celebrations would beryllium conducted connected a expansive standard and said helium would reappraisal preparations during his upcoming sojourn to Visakhapatnam.
Mana Mitra revamp
In a abstracted discussion, Mr. Lokesh said the authorities would revamp the Mana Mitra national services level to marque it much user-friendly.
Currently, 943 services were being delivered done Mana Mitra. The Minister said AI integration was being introduced to heighten ratio and idiosyncratic experience.
Responding to concerns raised by Adoni MLA Parthasarathi astir the app’s velocity and repeated information entry, Mr. Lokesh clarified that the level did not store idiosyncratic data, arsenic WhatsApp functions lone arsenic a work road portion information was maintained by respective departments. He acknowledged the request for process re-engineering beyond specified digitisation.
The Minister announced that a 90-day enactment program would beryllium implemented to motorboat Mana Mitra 2.0, aiming to amended speed, make instant receipts, resoluteness QR codification issues and guarantee seamless entree to national services done a azygous telephone number.
He besides called for nationalist representatives to supply feedback and stressed the request for a door-to-door consciousness run to grow usage, peculiarly successful agrarian areas.
