Bhubaneswar (30/01/2024): In a move to establish a significant nexus amongst academia, industry, and government organisation, IIIT
Bhubaneswar signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) today.
The collaboration between IIIT-Bhubaneswar and BIS will aim for fruitful growth and mutual
development through new research initiatives in the areas of Standardisation, Conformity Assessment and
Quality Processes.
The partnership will explore the introduction of short-term education programmes and
improvement of infrastruture and laboratory facilities to boost wider research, teaching and education in the
fields related to standardisation.
Professor Ashish Ghosh (Director, IIIT Bhubaneswar) and A.K.Purohit (Director, Bhubaneswar
Branch) were present for the signature ceremony while Dibyendu Chakrabarti (Scientist G & Deputy
Director General, Eastern Region) joined the prestigious occasion in online mode.
Chakrabarti emphasised the increasing need for such collaborations for creating awareness and interest in these topics.
He also cited
examples of their erstwhile collaborations with IIT Roorkee and IIT Kharagpur.
Prof.Ghosh (Director, IIIT
Bhubaneswar) highlighted the fresh perspective that young students can bring in these research areas and
thereby bolster the process of knowledge production.
The MoU signals a momentous partnership poised to
make meaningful contributions to both academia as well as the society-at-large.