IIT Kharagpur signs MoUs with University of Houston and Massachusetts for research collaborations

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with the University of Houston and the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth for joint academic and research collaborations. 

Petroleum engineering, advanced materials, deep-sea technology, covering niche aspects of chemical engineering, analytics and industrial engineering are the initial areas identified for collaborations.

Massachusetts Dartmouth University has signed MoU for collaborative research, training and the exchange of faculty, post-doctoral fellows, students and academic and research information.

Professor P P Chakrabarti, Director of IIT Kharagpur, said, "The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth initiated discussions to formulate a joint international programme on Marine Science and Technology."