IIT Kharagpur, Indian Navy join forces to drive innovation through research partnership
Divyansh | March 20, 2024 | 06:06 PM IST | 1 min read
The agreement between IIT Kharagpur and Indian Navy will be co-ordinated by INS Shivaji, Lonavala.
NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Kharagpur) and Indian Navy have signed an agreement at Naval Headquarters, New Delhi, to promote technology development, innovative solutions and joint research and development. Rear Admiral K Srinivas, assistant chief of materiel (dockyard and refit) at Naval Headquarters and Rintu Banerjee, dean, research and development, IIT Kharagpur signed the agreement in the presence of IIT Kharagpur director Virendra Kumar Tewari.
The strategic collaboration focuses on joint research and development initiatives involving teams from Indian Navy and IIT Kharagpur. The agreement will be co-ordinated by INS Shivaji, Lonavala. This alignment signifies a move towards a symbolic relationship between the academia and the military, fostering an environment conducive to innovation and knowledge exchange.
“This partnership will promote academic cooperation, enhance scientific understanding of technologies related to defence and undertake research in mutually beneficial areas including taking up research projects by Indian Navy sponsored students on the topics pertaining to areas of interest of Indian Navy,” said Prof. V K Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur.
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The spheres of studies include propulsion systems, systems and controls, instrumentation and sensors, industrial engineering and operational research, nanotechnology and MEMS, hydrodynamic study of fluids, computer aided design, study of mechanical design of systems and equipment, surface treatment, study of acoustics, reliability, quantum computing and quantum mechanics, AI, ML, Big data Analytics, mechatronics, robotics etc. Other special developmental studies pertaining to computational fluid dynamics for hull appendage interaction, hull sea inlet interaction, aerodynamic/plume trajectory, optimisation of ship structure, steel technology etc. and other engineering disciplines will be included.
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