IIT Delhi collaborates with African-Asian Rural Development organization for agricultural and rural development

The collaboration has been done with an aim to strengthen the rural communities, farmers, executives, functionaries and policymakers of the Member Countries in Africa and Asia.

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate and collaborate with each other for agricultural and rural development by addressing the challenges through technological interventions and capacity enhancement. The collaboration has been done with an aim to strengthen the rural communities, farmers, executives, functionaries and policymakers of the Member Countries in Africa and Asia.

The MoU has been signed by His Excellency, Dr Manoj Nardeosingh, Secretary-General, AARDO and Prof. V Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi.

The collaboration between the institute and AARDO will be mainly in the following areas: Technological Interventions, Bio-energy, Biomass, Biogas, Ecological Sanitation, Food Quality & Safety, Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable Housing, Food Processing & Valueaddition, Water & Waste Management, towards Development, Diffusion, Transfer and Adoption of Innovative/Appropriate Technologies, etc.

IIT Delhi’s Centre for Rural Development and Technology (CRDT), an outreach centre of the Institute to address challenges faced by rural communities and to improve their quality of life, will play the key role in making the collaboration with AARDO successful. The CRDT has made significant contributions by developing and transferring technologies in areas including algal bio-energy, biomass technologies, biogas technologies, ecological sanitation, food quality and safety, sustainable agriculture, sustainable housing, value-added food products, water and waste management, etc.

While speaking about the collaboration, Prof Rao said, “IIT Delhi puts a strong emphasis on investing in research areas of social and national importance such as Rural Development. This collaboration would facilitate the diffusion of high-end technologies to strengthen rural communities. The goal is to connect our student, faculty and startup communities with problems in the rural areas in African nations so that win-win partnerships can be developed between all the stakeholders. Center for Rural Development and Technologies (CRDT) at IIT Delhi is expected to take a lead in this collaboration.”

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