IIT Guwahati to collaborate with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

GUWAHATI: Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) is collaborating with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (AVV), a private, deemed-university based in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu in education and research activities. This will help in enriching academic programmes and promote exchange of students between two institutions.

A MoU towards this collaboration was signed by Prof. TG Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati, and Prof. Venkata Rangan, Vice-Chancellor, AVV, recently in the presence of Prof. A. S. Achalkumar, Dean (Outreach Education Programme), Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati, Prof. S. Senthilvelan, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, and other dignitaries, stated a press release.

Highlighting the unique aspects of this collaboration, Prof. T. G. Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati said, "AVV has many similarities in terms of vast and beautiful campus along with a team of highly dedicated team of faculty and students. With the emergence of many new interdisciplinary research and academic centres equipped with state-of-the-art equipment at IIT Guwahati, the institute is destined serve the country with extra vigour. This mutual collaboration will help both the institutes scale new heights in research and academics."

IIT Guwahati and AVV will encourage cooperation between their faculty members, departments, and research centres including visits of faculty members to deliver lectures, conduct seminars, discussions, research and supervise student studies. Student visits to attend courses and jointly develop teaching programmes will also be encouraged along with collaboration in research projects.

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