MoRTH Signs MoU With IIT Roorkee

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for continuation of MoRTH Professorial Chair focusing on research and development, teaching and training in the area of D

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Published - Saturday, 23 Jan, 2021

Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for continuation of MoRTH Professorial Chair focusing on research and development, teaching and training in the area of Development of Highway Infrastructure. It has been agreed by both the organizations to continue the MoRTH Professorial Chair at IIT-Roorkee to provide leadership in one, or many, of the following areas:

To act as an ambassador of the MoRTH for highway development in the country.
To catalyse innovation, research and development in highway sector in IIT-Roorkee and Indian academia.
To facilitate or undertake highway studies in IIT-Roorkee and Indian academia on environment and social impacts of highway development projects.
To facilitate or undertake dissemination of technology upgrades in planning, design, construction and operation & maintenance for highway development through standards, guidelines, seminars, training and user manuals etc.
To help find solutions to the practical problems of highway through scientific research by facilitating partnership of MoRTH with IIT-Roorkee and Indian academia.
To utilize and expand the Highway Engineering related resources in IITR and other educational institutions working on highways and all related aspects.
Any other related activity.

This collaboration of MoRTH with IIT-Roorkee will strengthen R&D activities in Road Sector and the Chair professor is expected to provide leadership in conducting and coordinating research, development and teaching in the area of Development of Highway Infrastructure. During MoU signing, the Secretary said that "the government supports the enhancement of quality research through partnerships and mentorship programmes. This MoU sets a new benchmark of Government-Academia partnership that can enhance learning and open up new opportunities for development of faculty in IIT & Ministry’s technical officers and will be useful in internal capacity building so that we can take the benefits to society."