IIT Bhubaneswar signs pact with CRRI for research | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: IIT Bhubaneswar on Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding with CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CRRI) to promote collaborative research, facilitate exchange of ideas, develop new knowledge, and enhance high-quality research acumen.
The MoU was signed by Dinakar Pasla, dean (sponsored research and industrial consultancy), IIT Bhubaneswar, and Manoranjan Parida, director, CSIR-CRRI. Shreepad Karmalkar, IIT director, was also present.
Major thrust areas of joint research will be traffic and transportation engineering, pavement engineering, road safety and other allied civil engineering areas such as geotechnical engineering and bridge engineering, official sources said.
“The modes of cooperation will include exchanges of faculty and students for the purposes of research and teaching. The two institutes will help each other in the development and implementation of collaborative research projects, professional development programmes, capacity-building efforts and dissemination of findings through scholarly publications and white papers,” read an official statement from IIT.
Karmalkar said the collaboration with CSIR-CRRI will enhance the ecosystem for research in the field of road construction, thereby contributing towards strengthening the infrastructure for transportation and connectivity.
“School of Infrastructure at IIT Bhubaneswar deals with academics and research in different areas of civil engineering through its eminent faculty members. IIT Bhubaneswar, as a technical knowledge provider, is looking forward to this association to foster innovation in the field,” he added.
Parida said the MoU will bring transformation in research and development activities in the areas of roads and bridges, traffic and transportation, ground improvement and geotechnical engineering, rural roads, pavement design, pavement performance and its evaluation, instrumentation, environment, and road safety. “We hope this association will also help Odisha in creating a benchmark in this domain in the future,” he added.
The MoU was signed by Dinakar Pasla, dean (sponsored research and industrial consultancy), IIT Bhubaneswar, and Manoranjan Parida, director, CSIR-CRRI. Shreepad Karmalkar, IIT director, was also present.
Major thrust areas of joint research will be traffic and transportation engineering, pavement engineering, road safety and other allied civil engineering areas such as geotechnical engineering and bridge engineering, official sources said.
“The modes of cooperation will include exchanges of faculty and students for the purposes of research and teaching. The two institutes will help each other in the development and implementation of collaborative research projects, professional development programmes, capacity-building efforts and dissemination of findings through scholarly publications and white papers,” read an official statement from IIT.
Karmalkar said the collaboration with CSIR-CRRI will enhance the ecosystem for research in the field of road construction, thereby contributing towards strengthening the infrastructure for transportation and connectivity.
“School of Infrastructure at IIT Bhubaneswar deals with academics and research in different areas of civil engineering through its eminent faculty members. IIT Bhubaneswar, as a technical knowledge provider, is looking forward to this association to foster innovation in the field,” he added.
Parida said the MoU will bring transformation in research and development activities in the areas of roads and bridges, traffic and transportation, ground improvement and geotechnical engineering, rural roads, pavement design, pavement performance and its evaluation, instrumentation, environment, and road safety. “We hope this association will also help Odisha in creating a benchmark in this domain in the future,” he added.
