NIT Srinagar, CIIIT Baramulla sign MoU for academic excellence

The MoU was signed between Director, NIT Srinagar Professor Rakesh Sehgal and Principal Government Polytechnic College Baramulla Er Altaf Gowhar.

The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Centre for Invention, Innovation, Incubation, and Training (CIIIT) Government Polytechnic College Baramulla under the Directorate of Skill Development, Government of Jammu and Kashmir.

The MoU was signed between Director, NIT Srinagar Professor Rakesh Sehgal and Principal Government Polytechnic College Baramulla Er Altaf Gowhar.

Professor M F Wani, Dean R&C, Dr Shahid Saleem, Head T&P, Dr Saad Parvez, Head IIEDC, and Dr. Dinesh Kumar, A.P MED, and other faculty members from Government Polytechnic College Baramulla were present on the occasion.

MoU to encourage academic partnership

Talking about the collaboration, Director, NIT Srinagar Professor (Dr) Rakesh Sehgal said this MoU will further strengthen ties between two institutions. It is indeed a matter of great pleasure as technological institutions are coming together to sign the historic MoU, he said.

"We will take this MoU forward for the benefit of students, faculty members, and other staff members of both respective intuitions. It will help us to serve humanity through technological dimensions", he added.

Professor Sehgal said it is a very positive step that the MoU will encourage academic partnership and fruitful research collaboration between two prestigious technological intuitions of Jammu and Kashmir. We are aiming forward for the joint research projects and student exchange programs, he added.

Identification of current skill gap

Dean Research and Consultancy (R&C) NIT Srinagar, Professor M F Wani said NIT Srinagar will collaborate with CIIIT Baramulla in identifying the current skill gaps existing in the Technical man-force in the area of Manufacturing Technology and Automobile Engineering.

“NIT Srinagar will suggest the training curriculum to be adopted for bridging this gap. Both the parties shall endeavor to promote and support promotional activities to be undertaken by them in the area of skill development,” he said.

“Both students will get internship opportunities across the country. This MoU will provide students with valuable mentor relationships often starting with a personal connection that enhances their experience as well,” Institute’s Registrar, Professor Syed Kaiser Bukhari said.

Principal, Government Polytechnic College, Baramulla Er. Altaf Gowhar said this MoU will promote the idea of innovation, incubation amongst students, and technical manpower so as to develop new products, technologies, and new start-ups.

He said the role of IIIT, Govt. Polytechnic Baramulla is to provide necessary infrastructures like machines, tools, materials etc., and human resources required for conducting such skill-based training.

Enhancement of skill and knowledge

As per the MoU, both institutions are desirous of collaborating with each other for the benefit of engineering students and the technical Manforce of NIT Srinagar to enhance their skills and knowledge for better employability.

It aims to bring around qualitative improvements through up-skilling in the areas of Manufacturing Technology and Automobile Engineering. It will increase the employability of the engineering students and support MSMEs and local industries through this CIIIT reads MoU copy.

To promote the idea of innovation, incubation amongst students, and technical manpower so as to develop new products and technologies, it said.

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