Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati (IIT Tirupati) is an autonomous engineering and technology education institute located in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh. Initially mentored by IIT Madras, now IIT Tirupati, the fastest growing 3rd generation IIT, is located in Yerpedu, Tirupati, having a size of 539 acres, including a proposed research park. The Foundation stone for IIT Tirupati laid by Union Minister Smriti Irani & then union minister & former vice president of India M.Venkaiah Naidu & the then chief minister of Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu