The Government of Andhra Pradesh established Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) in 2008 to cater to the educational needs of the meritorious rural youth of Andhra Pradesh. Three Institutions (IIITs) are established under RGUKT, one each at Basara (Adilabad dt), Nuzivid (Krishna dt) and Rajiv Knowledge Valley (Kadapa dt). These autonomous Institutions will specialize in teaching and research in Information Technology and other emerging engineering and other disciplines under the control of a common University Governing Council and following a common syllabus.

Governing Council of RGUKT

	Prof. K C Reddy Chancellor & Chairman of the Governing Council, RGUKT, Andhra Pradesh		Prof. M. Vijaya Kumar Vice Chancellor
	Sri. J Syamala Rao IAS Principal Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, Govt. of A.P.		Smt. G.Jaya Lakshmi IAS Principal Secretary to Government , Govt. of A.P.
	Prof. N.Balakrishnan, Former Associate Director, Indian Institute of science, Bangalore.		Dr. Sudha Murthy, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation, Bangalore.
	Shri. K.Nityananda Reddy, Vice-Chairman, Aurobindo Pharma.		Prof P J Narayanan Director IIIT Hyderabad
	Prof. M. Chandra Sekhar Director, RGUKT Nuzvid		Dr. A V S S Kumara Swami Gupta Director, RGUKT R K Valley
	Dr. Bhaskar Patel Director, IIIT Ongole		Prof. K. V. G. D. Balaji Director, RGUKT Srikakulam