NHIDCL inks MoU with NIT Manipur
Source: The Sangai Express / PIB
Imphal, December 16 2022:
National Highways & Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL), a CPSE under the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways, Government of India, is seeking and promoting innovative technologies to find pragmatic solutions to the challenges posed in the construction of highways facing extreme climatic conditions.
In this process NHIDCL has signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with prestigious institutes like, IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur, CSIR-CRRI, NSDC, IIT Patna, NIT Srinagar, NIT Agartala, NIT Silchar, NIT Uttarakhand ,NIT Nagaland NIT Sikkim, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Mandi and NIT Jote, Arunachal Pradesh during the current year 2022-23 .
NHIDCL has previously signed MoUs with IIT Bombay & IIT Guwahati and is in further discussions with other IITs, NITs for signing of such MoUs.
The latest MoU has been signed with, NIT Manipur through Video Conference on December 14, 2022.The MoU was signed between Professor Dr Gautam Sutradhar, Director NIT Manipur and Chanchal Kumar, Managing Director, NHIDCL.