BIS inks MoU with IIT Madras, 5 other top engineering institutions

BIS has inked an agreement with as many as six top engineering institutions in India including IIT Madras, NIT Trichy and four others institutes for introducing Indian standards in Curriculum.

The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has signed an agreement with a total of six top engineering institutions in India for the introduction of Indian standards as part of their curriculum.

The agreement has been signed with the Indian Institute of Technology BHU, Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indian Institute of Technology Patna, Indian Institute of Technology Madras and National Institute of Technology Trichy for the establishment of ‘BIS Standardization Chair Professor’ at these institutes.

The establishment will promote excellence and leadership in teaching and research & development in the field of Science and various disciplines in the respective institutes.

This initiative is towards institutionalizing engagement of BIS with eminent institutes for securing active participation of academia, an official statement said.

Pramod Kumar Tiwari, Director General, BIS, said the agreements would strengthen and enhance the standards formulation activity by facilitating research and development (R&D) projects, encouraging the involvement of young minds in the area of the standardization process and jointly organizing seminars, conferences, workshops symposia or lectures, training and short-term education programs.

Mr Tiwari emphasised the need to engage with start-ups and incubation centres at academic institutions in the formulation of new standards and compliance with the existing ones.

It is also anticipated that technology innovation and standards development shall be interwoven seamlessly to foster the development of technology-oriented products and services, added the official statement.

Prof. Prof Vikas Dubey, Dean (R&D) IIT BHU; Dr Narayana Prasad Padhy, Director MNIT; Dr Suhas S. Joshi, Director, IIT Indore; Prof. T.N Singh, Director IIT Patna; Prof. Mahesh Panchagnula, Dean Alumni & Corporate Relations, IIT Madras and Dr S. Muthukumaran, Dean R&C, NIT Trichy assured commitment towards this initiative and agreed to extend all the necessary support.

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