The Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur and National Highway Authority of India, has signed a contract to share their expertise and skills for the betterment and growth of highway infrastructure.
The pact signing ceremony was held at the IIT campus on Friday in the presence of Institute's Director Santanu Chaudhury and Ajay Bishnoi, GM (Tech) and Project Director, NHAI, Project Implementation Unit (PIU) Jodhpur.
Mr Chaudhary said, "As a part of this MoU, NHAI and IIT Jodhpur will work together in various domains, including transportation engineering, structural engineering, geotechnical engineering, hydraulics engineering, infrastructure systems, earthquake engineering, urban and rural planning and disaster mitigation and management with an objective of sharing.”
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This pact will also facilitate undergraduate and postgraduate students of IIT Jodhpur to undertake fully paid internships in the above field and pave a way for a flourishing career.
The joint activities will act as a bridge between the industry-institution and unclog the gap. This would help develop technologies that could be adopted in practice by NHAI for creating better highway roads and improving the infrastructure.