US varsity to set up campus in state

HYDERABAD: Pepperdine University of California proposes to set up its campus in the state soon. A nine-member delegation from the university led by Dr Timothy M Chester met chief minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy at his camp office on Wednesday and discussed the issue with him.

According to an official press note, Pepperdine University will be set up in about 500-600 acres on Nalgonda-Warangal route. The university will invest Rs 1000 crore and will have an intake of 3000 students. It also proposes to have exchange programme between universities in the state and Pepperdine in the streams of law and engineering.

The university is one of the top 20 in the world and provides highest standards of academic excellence. The university is located on a 830-acre campus overlooking the Pacific ocean in Malibu, US, the press note added.

Source : TOI