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“A healthy competition will be created among these institutions that will lead to better infrastructure at the state universities. The latter has issued a Letter of Intent to a total of 12 private universities to set up their campuses in Andhra Pradesh.A few universities like VIT Amaravati, SRM University and Centurion University are already functioning. “This can expedite the resolution of legal issues pertaining to the universities, such as recruitment, admissions and others. The Union and state governments have increased allocations to the education sector after realising that state universities are catering to higher educational needs of a majority of the students in the country, despite the existence of central universities and other premier institutions,” said Prof Rao. Otherwise, legal tangles are taking up years before a university or the government takes a decision,” said Prof Rai.However, AU vice-chancellor G Nageswara Rao, has a different opinion on private universities..