Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched the website of Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE), Visakhapatnam - www.iipe.ac.in - here on Friday.
"The institute will primarily focus on teaching and research in petroleum and energy. IIT Kharagpur will be the mentor institute for the establishment of IIPE," a petroleum ministry statement said.The Andhra Pradesh government has allotted 150 acres of land free of cost in Visakhapatnam district for setting up the permanent campus of IIPE and has facilitated the provision of a temporary campus in the Engineering College, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, it added.As per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014, the union government had agreed to establish institutions of national importance in Andhra Pradesh, one of them being a petroleum university.IIPE will commence its academic programmes for 2016-17 at its temporary campus by offering undergraduate programmes in Petroleum Engineering and Chemical Engineering. Admission to these programmes will be on the basis of scores in JEE (Advanced) 2016-17, the statement said.