Friday, 29 September 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
To further their common interests in the realms of education and research and buttress their energies to open the doors of cooperation for national interest, Swami Rama Himalayan University (SRHU) and CSIR- Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (CSIR-IHBT), Palampur, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh (established by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) recently inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
The SRHU chancellor Vijay Dhasmana said that flood gates would open up now for the students of Uttarakhand to participate in joint collaboration with the government organisations, private entities and PSUs in significant areas, contributing to national development. He further said that outreach programmes for promoting science education and related technological advances for social benefit are on the cards.
The SRHU vice- chancellor Rajendra Dobhal said that the course of action would now involve academic and R&D collaboration, including transfer of technology, between the two organisations and added that collaboration would help carve strong livelihood support systems in the hilly areas of Uttarakhand through technology transfer from a national institute. He further said that preparations are now underway to begin the process of exchange of faculty, research scholars and research project leaders to undertake academic activities and research in areas of mutual interest.
