IIT Madras, Technip Energies collaborate to become founding member of The Energy Consortium

 The MoU was signed by Davendra Kumar, Managing Director, Technip Energies India, and Professor Manu Santhanam, Dean (Industrial Consultancy & Sponsored Research), IIT Madras in the presence of Wei Cai, Chief Technology Officer, Technip Energies in a ceremony held at IIT Madras in Chennai.

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) has collaborated with Technip Energies to explore opportunities under various domains of energy research. This research collaboration will explore pioneering solutions that will shape a sustainable and low-carbon future not only for India but for the entire world.

 The MoU was signed by Davendra Kumar, Managing Director, Technip Energies India, and Professor Manu Santhanam, Dean (Industrial Consultancy & Sponsored Research), IIT Madras in the presence of Wei Cai, Chief Technology Officer, Technip Energies in a ceremony held at IIT Madras in Chennai.

Under this partnership, Technip Energies will pursue its strategic objective of accelerating the development of new technologies to meet the pressing needs of a fast-growing energy market, driven by sustainability goals.

"With Technip Energies’ vision towards achieving Net-Zero, we believe that the power of collaboration will drive innovation and address the urgent global challenges in the energy sector. Hence, we joined hands with The Energy Consortium at the IIT Madras to develop new technologies in energy segment under a collaborative research approach,” said, Davendra Kumar, Managing Director, Technip Energies India.

The Energy Consortium is a visionary initiative established by IIT Madras to foster collaboration between industry, academia, and government in accelerating the development of technologies crucial for the transition towards a sustainable, low-carbon future.

Dr. Nikhil Tambe, CEO - Energy Consortium, IIT Madras, emphasized, “The Energy Consortium affiliated faculty are collaboratively advancing research in areas that are of national importance and as broad as achieving round-the-clock renewables as well as carbon capture and utilization. Alongside our industry founding member Technip Energies, the energy consortium possesses the momentum to advance on an unprecedented effort of coordinated activities in energy grand challenge areas in India.”

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