IIT Roorkee, MoRTH collaborate to focus on teaching & training for development of highway Infrastructure
The MoU is signed in order to facilitate or undertake highway studies in IIT Roorkee and Indian academia on the environment and social impacts of highway development projects.
Indian Institute of Technology, (IIT) Roorkee and the Minister of Road Transport & Highways, MoRTH collaborates to focus on research and development, teaching & training for the Development of Highway Infrastructure. The MoU signed by both the institute aims at the continuation of the MoRTH Professorial Chair at the Institute. Shri Indresh Kumar Pandey, Director General (Road Development) & Special Secretary, and Professor Manoranjan Parida, Deputy Director and Professor of Civil Engineering, signed the MOU To act as an ambassador of the MoRTH for highway development in the country.
The MoU is signed in order to facilitate or undertake highway studies in IIT Roorkee and Indian academia on the environment and social impacts of highway development projects. The reports suggest that the memorandum has been signed to facilitate or undertake dissemination of technology upgrades in planning, design, construction and operation & maintenance for highway development through standards, guidelines, seminars, training and user manuals, etc.
Professor Manoranjan Parida, Deputy Director and Professor of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee said “IIT Roorkee has been contributing towards Teaching, Research & Development in Highway Engineering in the country for a very long time. This MoU provides an opportunity for IIT Roorkee to work on contemporary challenges in the Highway sector and be a partner in the Highway Development in the Country”
This collaboration of MoRTH with IIT-Roorkee will strengthen R&D activities in Road Sector and the Chair professor is expected to provide leadership in conducting and coordinating research, development, and teaching in the area of Development of Highway Infrastructure.
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