National Institute of Technology - Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal will get three centres of excellence under Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (TEQIP) phase II. While NITK received Rs 20 crore under phase I of TEQIP, the Union government under a World Bank funded programme has sanctioned Rs 12.5 crore for setting up these centres of excellence and already released Rs 6 crore for the purpose.
Gopal Mugeraya, dean of students' welfare, NITK presiding over the inaugural function of three-day international conference ICRAMST - 13 said the centres of excellence will be set up in renewable energy and smart grid, advanced materials technology, and cloud computing. While funding in first phase was used for strengthening nfrastructure of existing departments, phase II will help select departments grow as centres of excellence, he said.
Allied departments will come together to help fuel expansion of these centres, he said, adding that existing and new equipments will be used in these centres. The union government is helping premier educational institutions such as NITs with funds for equipment. Hitherto, the use for such equipment was low or was being limitedly used; he said adding that industries have come forward to meet the recurring costs of such equipment procured.
These centres will also give a thrust to NITK's drive towards consultancy services, which is essential for revenue generation, he said. Observing that industry-institutions have tended to work in isolation thus far, he said this is not the case with NITK. "In the time the institution in its KREC avatar for nearly 40-years came up with 49 PhDs. But in the last decade that it was upgraded to a NIT, the institution has churned out 350-odd PhDs," he noted.
Girish Rao, regional manager, Shell India Markets Pvt Ltd said it is imperative that all stake holders meet the broader energy challenges. It has been an endeavour with Shell to produce more energy with less carbon dioxide; he said adding industry-academia can resolve these issues together. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, dean of research for material and manufacturing research alliance, Universiti Teknologi Mayaysia, Malaysia was the chief guest.
Gopal Mugeraya, dean of students' welfare, NITK presiding over the inaugural function of three-day international conference ICRAMST - 13 said the centres of excellence will be set up in renewable energy and smart grid, advanced materials technology, and cloud computing. While funding in first phase was used for strengthening nfrastructure of existing departments, phase II will help select departments grow as centres of excellence, he said.
Allied departments will come together to help fuel expansion of these centres, he said, adding that existing and new equipments will be used in these centres. The union government is helping premier educational institutions such as NITs with funds for equipment. Hitherto, the use for such equipment was low or was being limitedly used; he said adding that industries have come forward to meet the recurring costs of such equipment procured.
These centres will also give a thrust to NITK's drive towards consultancy services, which is essential for revenue generation, he said. Observing that industry-institutions have tended to work in isolation thus far, he said this is not the case with NITK. "In the time the institution in its KREC avatar for nearly 40-years came up with 49 PhDs. But in the last decade that it was upgraded to a NIT, the institution has churned out 350-odd PhDs," he noted.
Girish Rao, regional manager, Shell India Markets Pvt Ltd said it is imperative that all stake holders meet the broader energy challenges. It has been an endeavour with Shell to produce more energy with less carbon dioxide; he said adding industry-academia can resolve these issues together. Ahmad Fauzi Ismail, dean of research for material and manufacturing research alliance, Universiti Teknologi Mayaysia, Malaysia was the chief guest.
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