The Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with nine NITs across the country for a faculty-students’ exchange programme.
The collaboration is to usher the talented youth from NITs to develop an inclination towards Innovation and Invention in Technology for Humanity (IITH), said IIT-H sources.
While elaborating on his strategy behind this alliance, IIT-H director B.S. Murty said, “IIT-H is one of the fastest evolving academic institutes with a strong focus on research, innovation and entrepreneurship. We want innovation to be a magic wand to let our dynamic youth be job-providers instead of job-seekers. It is also important to nurture research interest among UG students not only to be Atma Nirbhar but also to be global leaders in innovation and technology development.“
Regarding the academic aspects, Dean (Academics) IIT-H Saptarshi Majumdar said, “The collaboration between IIT-H and NIT has a long-term vision to strengthen the tech education ecosystem. Not only does it introduce NIT students to the IIT-H PhD programme, but also nourishes academic exchanges between two important educational institutes. We at IIT-H sincerely believe that such an initiative will add value in NEP implementation, skill development and research excellence in the days to come.”
As a result of the deal, the faculty from the NITs can visit IIT-H to collaborate with the faculty, selected final year B Tech students with more than 8.5 CGPA can spend their 4th year at IIT-H, interested students having a CGPA higher than eight at the end of their BTech will be allowed direct PhD admission at IIT-H without any selection process.
The nine NITs include: NIT Sikkim, NIT Silchar, NIT Agartala, NIT Nagaland, NIT Meghalaya, NIT Srinagar, NIT Calicut, VNIT Nagpur and NIT Rourkela.
