The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Shell India signed an agreement on September 15 to enter into a partnership to promote research and development in the areas of energy and environment.
Signed in the presence of Govindan Rangarajan, Director, Indian Institute of Science and Yuri Sebregts, Chief Technology Officer, Shell, the partnership aims to build on cutting-edge energy and environment-related research being carried out at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Energy Research (ICER), IISc.
The focus of the partnership will mainly be on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and the promotion of decarbonisation. This will be achieved through innovations like low-carbon fuels, distributed electrification, carbon sinks, hydrogen generation, efficient power and refrigeration cycles using supercritical carbon dioxide, and so on. The faculty members and students of IISc and Shell scientists will work on structured research projects which will be initiated under the research agreement at IISc.
