Kolkata, Apr 12 (PTI) Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur on Wednesday said it has signed an MoU with Oil India Ltd on research collaboration in the broader areas of earth sciences and hydrocarbon exploration.
IIT-Kharagpur Director V K Tewari, accompanied by a team of professors, will visit different exploration sites of OIL to augment areas of collaboration in research and project implementation, an institute spokesperson said.
“The MoU is a step towards industry-academia collaboration in advanced technologies in earth sciences and hydrocarbon exploration… Through this MoU, both OIL and IIT-Kharagpur will engage themselves in various joint research initiatives and advanced technology solutions in energy sector and other areas of mutual interest,” OIL CMD Ranjit Rath said.
Tewari added: “To support innovation and start-up ecosystem for a sustainable future, we need to indigenise, modernise and renovate the oil refining industry. The focus should be on domestic exploration of petrochemical production capacity.” PTI SUS RBT RBT
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