IIT Guwahati, Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) sign MoU to support students’ startup
The pact signed by IIT Guwahati and NRL with the startup aims to build technology for detecting the drowsiness of drivers.
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati signed a memorandum of understanding along with Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) with Vigitrics Private Limited, a startup founded by students of IIT Guwahati and Tezpur University. The pact signed by the technology institute aims to build technology for detecting the drowsiness of drivers. The agreement was signed by Professor G Krishnamoorthy, Dean, Industrial Interactions and Special Initiatives, IIT Guwahati; Nikunja Borthakur, Senior Chief General Manager (Corporate Affairs), NRL; and Pharvesh Salman Choudhary of Vigitrics, in presence of IIT Guwahati Director Professor TG Sitharam and other officials.
Jointly founded by two students from IIT Guwahati and a student from Tezpur University, Assam, the startup company is funded by NRL through its startup funding programme iDEATION. The co-founders of Vigitrics Private Limited are Pharvesh Salman Choudhary, Mousumi Das, and Satyabrat Malla Bujarbaruah. The company profile states that it aims to build a low-cost system to detect the drowsiness of the driver with a multimodal approach. Detecting the drowsiness, the proposed system will alert the driver. The institute claims that in order assess the drowsiness level, the system will continuously evaluate the driver’s physiological and behavioral parameters.
Talking about the collaboration, Professor Sitharam, Director IIT Guwahati, said, “To enhance the institute-industry collaborations, innovations and entrepreneurship, IIT Guwahati established an office of Dean for Industrial Interactions and Special Initiatives in May 2020. I appreciated that this company is founded by students including a girl student of IIT Guwahati through their innovative idea. I also welcome NRL to fund more startups from IIT Guwahati.”
“Through this collaboration, both NRL and IIT Guwahati are expecting a significant boost in high-quality products and provide a foundation for further collaborations resulting in self-sustaining technologies in various fields of mutual interest,” Professor Sitharam added.
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