Government College of Technology Coimbatore signs agreement with Ramco Cements

COIMBATORE: Ramco Cements on Friday signed an agreement with the Government College of Technology (GCT) here for an interface between academia and the industry.

Students of the department of civil engineering in the college would get a chance to visit the cement-producing facilities and get updated with technology and production, quality and testing procedures, environmental regeneration tech involved in the reclamation of mining lands and use of tech in conservative use of precious mining materials. The faculty would interact with the scientists and faculty of Ramco Research and Development Centre in Chennai, a release said here.

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The agreement was signed by Anil Kumar Pillai, general manager and Head (technical service) of Ramco Cements, Chennai, and GCT principal Dr P. Thamarai, said the release. Shanmuga Raja Hari, Deputy General Manager of Ramco Cements, Coimbatore, was also present on the occasion, the release added.