National Institute of Technology (NIT), Srinagar has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research (NITTTR), Chennai on March 21.
This MoU is aimed to promote collaboration in areas including faculty exchange, joint research projects, and sharing of academic resources and also seeks to leverage the strengths of both institutions to enhance the quality of technical education and research outcomes.
The MoU was signed by Director NIT Srinagar, Prof. A. Ravinder Nath, and Director NITTTR Chennai, Prof. Dr. Usha Natesan.
Registrar NIT Srinagar, Prof. Atikur Rahman, Dean Research & Consultancy Prof. Roohi Naaz Mir, Prof. G A Harmain, among other faculty members of both institutions were present on the occasion.
In his address, Director NIT, Prof. Ravinder Nath, highlighted the transformative potential of this collaborative venture, emphasizing its role in unlocking opportunities for joint research initiatives.
"The primary focus of this collaboration is to train the faculty members of NIT Srinagar seamlessly in the areas of Pedagogy, Curriculum Development, Question Paper Setting, Continuous Assessment Practices, Evaluation Methodology, Academic Audit, Accreditation, etc, Training, academic and research collaboration in the areas of mutual interest,” he said.
Prof. Ravinder Nath said that this collaboration will in due course lead to collaborative research projects, Internships, offering pedagogy courses, joint supervision of Masters Students, joint workshops and seminars, webinars, etc.
He also extended his gratitude to the Director NITTTR Chennai team led by Prof. Dr. Usha Natesan for their invaluable contributions to the signing of the MoU.
On the occasion, Director NITTTR Chennai Prof. Natesan stated that it is a historic collaboration as both institutions formally signed a vital collaboration aimed at advancing research, faculty exchange, training to staff members, academic audit etc.
She said that NIT Srinagar will depute faculty members for regular short-term programmes of NITTTR, Chennai. Tailor-made training programmes for the faculty members of NIT Srinagar shall also be conducted by NITTTR Chennai. The training programmes shall be conducted as per the existing norms and guidelines of NITTTR Chennai, Prof. Natensan said.
As per MoU document, this MoU will collaborate with industries as a tripartite model of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) in the areas of Skill Upgradation, working with industries’ Critical/ Challenging problems to provide effective solutions to the industries through Consultancy/Project works, and utilize the service of industries’ Subject Matter Experts on mutual benefits.
“Exchange of students and faculty; exchange of academic information, scholarly information, materials, and publications.”
As per MoU, both the Institutes will collaborate and create training modules, courses and tracks for enhancing the skillsets of the faculty in facilitating the students in various career pathways viz. Employability, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Research.