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IIT Palakkad signs MoU with Keystone Foundation

biju — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 05:55:37 +0000

biju Wed, 03/22/2023 - 11:25

IIT Palakkad and Keystone Foundation signed a MoU for research and collaboration with focus on community wellbeing, and biodiversity conservation with One Health as the goal, focusing on the intersections of technology, livelihood, health, governance and ecological outcomes.

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IIT-PKD signs MoU with Centre for Adhivasi Research and Development (CARD) Odisha

sumesh — Mon, 07 Nov 2022 15:21:32 +0000

sumesh Mon, 11/07/2022 - 20:51

This MoU will facilitate cooperation and promotion of research and development in the sectors of fundamental training on Science, Technology, and Engineering for women of the marginalized community, Research and development projects for the benefit of underprivileged communities, Adhivasi, SCC/ST, and other tribal population, Research and development projects to address the issues of environment, sanitation, water resources, and natural habitat. Besides research in areas of mutual interest, the MoU will assist the integral efforts of CARD for specific studies in the areas of Adhivasi research, under privileged community projects and in connection to other critical projects of significance.

The MoU was signed by the Director Centre for Adhivasi Research & Development (CARD), Dr Bikram Keshori Jena, and Dean Industry Collaboration and Sponsored Research, Dr Santhakumar Mohan. Dr Deepak Jaiswal, from Environmental Sciences and Sustainable Engineering Centre (ESSENCE) is the faculty in - charge for MOU between IIT Palakkad and Centre for Adhivasi Research and Development (CARD) Odisha.

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IIT Palakkad inks MoU with KSCSTE -KFRI

engconsultant — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:19:21 +0000

engconsultant Tue, 10/18/2022 - 16:49

The Kerala Forest Research Institute (KFRI) operating under the aegis of the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) today formalised an exciting and broad-ranging partnership agreement with IIT Palakkad that will facilitate collaborative research, practice and engagement between the two Institutes in areas of mutual interest. The areas identified for collaboration include:

Developing the Green Campus at IIT Palakkad's upcoming permanent site,

Addressing human-animal conflict,

Addressing and modeling the carbon sequestration potential of different bamboos species,

Sea-shore restoration,

Landslide prediction and hydrological modeling

Large-scale application of bamboo and rattan in the construction sector

Molecular modeling

Developing instruments for sustainable harvest of Non-timber Forest Produce (NTFPs)

Climate change prediction and modeling using plant functional traits

Identifying and quantifying invasive species of plants through image processing

Understand the behaviour pattern of invasive tortoises which are caged on the KFRI campus by recording and
mapping the movement of each individual

Machine learning Algorithms for gene sequencing

Identifying suitable varieties of bamboo to develop a support frame for floating solar panels

Student, faculty, scientist, and staff exchange programmes and cooperation between them in appropriate
academic and scientific programmes

Exchange of scientific and technical materials

Joint conferences and workshops

KFRI was represented by the Director, Dr. Syam Viswanath , Dr. Anitha (Research Coordinator) and Dr. Sreejith Kalpuzha Ashtamoorthy (Principal Scientist and Head of the Ecology Department). The hosts, IIT Palakkad were represented by the Director Prof. A. Seshadri Sekhar, Dr. Santhakumar Mohan (Dean ICSR), Dr. Deepak Jaiswal (HoC, ESSENCE and Assistant Professor ESSENCE & Civil Engg.), Dr. Sunitha K Nayar (Assistant Professor, ESSENCE & Civil Engg.), Dr. Veena Venudharan (Assistant Professor, Civil Engg., & ESSENCE), Dr. Athira P (Assistant Professor, Civil Engg., & ESSENCE), Dr. Gokulnath C (Assistant Professor, Civil Engg.) and Dr. Merlin Lopuz (DST Scientist, IIT Palakkad).

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IIT-PKD signs MoU with IAF for 3D Metal Additive Manufacturing

krithika — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 16:00:46 +0000

krithika Mon, 07/25/2022 - 21:30

An MoU between IIT Palakkad and the Indian Air Force (IAF), Air Headquarters, New Delhi was signed on 18 July, 2022 at 9 Base Repair Depot, Air Force Station Pune.

The MoU will facilitate cooperation and promotion of research and development in the areas of indigenous development of aviation components with specific aim to undertake research in 3D Metal Additive Manufacturing. Besides research in areas of mutual interest, the MoU will assist indigenization efforts of the IAF for specific studies in the area of metallurgy related to 3D Metal Additive Manufacturing and in connection to other critical projects of significance.

The MoU was signed by the Air Vice Marshal PS Sarin, VSM and the Dean, Industry Collaboration and Sponsored Research, Dr. Santhakumar Mohan in the presence of Air Marshal Vibhas Pandey AVSM VSM.

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IIT Palakkad partners Continental India for a Joint Research Programme in cutting-edge Automotive Technologies

engconsultant — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 04:48:57 +0000

engconsultant Fri, 07/08/2022 - 10:18

Automotive Technology company Continental’s Technical Centre India (TCI) and IIT Palakkad signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a three-year joint research programme on 7 July 2022. The MoU will facilitate an exciting collaboration between the technical expertise available at Continental and the academic and research excellence of IIT–Palakkad in the areas of autonomous driving technologies, connected mobility, and advanced safety solutions. Continental will also offer internship opportunities and co-design inputs for course offered at IIT-Palakkad, to keep students up-to-date with current and upcoming industry trends.

Speaking on the occasion, Latha Chembrakalam, Head of Technical Centre India (TCI), Continental, said, “With this programme, we will have a strong emphasis on joint research projects complementing automotive megatrends. We believe this programme will mutually benefit Continental and IIT-Palakkad in terms of acquiring technology competence and academic excellence. It is in our interest to provide opportunities to the students in the form of internships and specially designed course work that will help bridge the gap between industry and academia.” Dr. Santhakumar Mohan, Dean, Industry Collaboration & Sponsored Research, IIT- Palakkad, said, “We are delighted to join hands with Continental to create a unique programme to forge a value-adding industry-academia interface. With this initiative, we want to set a benchmark that will help us address some of the problem statements unique to this industry while ensuring real-time technical exposure for our students. Our academic know-how will propel this programme in the right direction.”

Niche skills for both Continental and IIT Palakkad that the collaborative programme will foster through R&D include those in areas like optimising high-performance computing, simulation models for image and video processing chain for autonomous driving, autonomous mobility safety features based on human vision features, and advanced safety solutions for an intelligent battery sensing module. With a key thrust to groom the IITians at Palakkad into highly competitive industry-ready talent, the salient features of the project include internships for students to work alongside Continental’s topic experts, and interactive and insightful hackathons and competitive challenges to inspire students to prove their mettle.

Continental, founded in 1871, specialises in vehicles, machines, traffic and transportation. As of 2021 when the company celebrated its 150th anniversary, it employed more than 190,000 people in 58 countries and generated sales revenue of over 33 billion Euros. Continental has been present in India for close to 50 years through technology partnerships (Continental Tyres since 1974) and joint ventures for its various businesses. With about 8000 employees across 13 locations, including seven plants that cater to the Indian market, its Indian presence includes the Technical Center India (TCI) that supports Continental's global R&D activities. IIT Palakkad, one among the newer IITs that started functioning in 2015, will be graduating the Institute's fourth batch this month. There are currently about 100 faculty and 1200 students, with roughly 50% in undergraduate programmes (B.Tech) and the rest pursuing postgraduate programmes and research.

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