IIT ROPAR, NIT SRINAGAR AND NIT JALANDHAR COLLABORATED FOR ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar and National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar, J&K  and NIT Jalandhar have signed an MoU for collaboration on academic and research activities in the areas of mutual interest including collaborative research works, joint supervision of PhD students, joint workshops and seminars, etc.

The MoU was signed by Prof. Rajeev Ahuja, Director, IIT Ropar and Prof Rakesh Sehgal, Director, NIT Srinagar and Professor R. K. Garg, Director, Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar.

The MoU is a part of IIT Ropar’s initiative to welcome meritorious students from NITs to spend their final semester(s) at IIT Ropar, pursue courses, and do a project. The students will go through a rigorous selection process, and subject to their continued excellence, will be considered for an early admission to PhD programs at IIT Ropar.

The MoU also provides an opportunity to the faculty of NIT Srinagar to apply for postdoc positions or other opportunities available at IIT Ropar, said the Institute.

Agriculture and water related research and the innovations from this AWaDH (Agriculture & Water Technology Development Hub) SPOKE centre at NIT Srinagar and NIT Jalandhar will help nation-building through ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan’ in Agriculture, food and water applications domain. Faculty, Students and research scholars will innovate technological solutions for making    “EVERGREEN BHARAT”   taking guidance from expert mentors from IIT Ropar and relevant industries exchange

According to the MoU, state-of-the-art laboratories, facilities and visit of faculty, students and research scholars of NIT Srinagar and NIT Jalandhar to IIT Ropar will benefit to meet the objectives provided by IIT Ropar. The upcoming establishment at NIT Srinagar and NIT Jalandhar aims to provide a promotion to startups, capacity-building, innovations and research in various domains related to Water/industry discharge assessment, treatment, and management, Advancement of land resources and farm preparation, Agriculture automation and precision farming, Harvesting and post-harvesting, Agribusiness marketplace, The application of the Internet of Things (IoT) systems in the domain of Agriculture & Water and last but not the least, Bioenergy and Biomaterials.

The scope of collaboration on academic and research activities in the MoU includes Academic and Research collaboration in the areas of mutual interest, exchange of students and faculty, exchange of academic information, scholarly information, materials and publications, and admission of NIT Srinagar students for PhD at IIT Ropar.

 “Each institution will nominate one of its members as its representative in-charge of the cooperative programme. Individual programme of work under this Memorandum will be jointly planned and conducted by the nominees of both parties,” read the MoU.

Welcoming the agreement, the IIT Ropar Director, Prof. Rajeev Ahuja said: “I am confident that this collaboration between IIT Ropar and NIT Srinagar will lead to major research works that will benefit the general public and the residents of Jammu and Kashmir in particular. Meritorious students of NIT Srinagar can now come to IIT Ropar in their final year and continue for their PhD after their graduation.”

Professor Rakesh Sehgal, Director, NIT Srinagar in the statement said: “This collaboration will bring technology solutions for the basic problems the industry is facing at J&K and also help our PG students, research scholars and faculty. This collaborative move will bring synergy in finding novel and innovative solutions to the problems faced by industry in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in particular.”

The Director of NIT Jalandhar, Prof. Rajeev K Garg further added: “This collaboration is positively taking steps towards National Education Policy (NEP 2020) and will help in generation of new knowledge in the frontier areas of science and technology.”