The Indian Institute of Technology in Hyderabad (IIT-H) has joined hands with Indian Navy Weapons and Electronics Systems Engineering Establishment (WESEE) for strategic collaboration.
As an outcome, a Co-Developmental Technology Innovation Centre (CTIC) was inaugurated at IIT-H on Friday by Vice-Admiral Sandeep Naithani, in the presence of IIT-H director B.S. Murty, dean (Sponsored Research and Consultancy) Chandrashekhar Sharma, WESEE officers and IIT faculty.
The centre, being steered by WESEE, aims to collaborate with IIT-H on innovative and pioneering projects related to contemporary and emerging technologies in maritime domain. Joint projects in the fields of wireless networks, 5G/6G, IoT, AI/ML and other related areas were identified for technological advancement as an initial step. Mr. Sharma spoke about IIT-H’s academic and research excellence.
