The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati would collaborate with Oil India Limited (OIL) on the development and introduction of new technologies, energy, and related sectors.
The overall aim of the partnership is to focus on cooperation in the transfer of technologies, knowledge up-gradation and innovation partnership, training and skill development, etc.
This Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed on November 11, 2021, by professor T.G. Sitharam, Director of IIT Guwahati, and Mr. Sasanka Pratim Deka, Executive Director, Oil India Limited, in the presence of the institute Faculty and OIL Executives.
These joint research activities, Professor Sitharam added, should be inclined in such a way that it reaches the common people of India and pave the pathway for the upliftment of society. “IIT Guwahati is now aggressively working with industries for challenging research and innovation problems aligning with ‘Atma Nirbhar Bharat’ Mission”, he added.
An IIT Guwahati statement issued in this regard said: “Collaboration between industry and academia is mutually beneficial. It provides the industry work-ready talent with specialized knowledge and practical training and academia benefits by having opportunities to work on relevant technologies and challenging problems.”
