IIT-BHU director Prof Pramod Kumar Jain said the institute in association with the DRL-DRDO, Tezpur Assam, will work together in solving the unmet technical and medical needs of the security forces.

“This MoU will give a much-needed platform to work together to solve the unmet technical and medical needs of the security forces in the field, cross-pollination of ideas to nurture new technologies and their adoption and dissemination for wider benefits of security forces at large,” Jain said.

As per the pact, DRL-DRDO will provide advanced and unique research facilities that will enable the faculty and scholars of IIT-BHU to conduct cutting-edge research in the area of drug development and transform it into a centre of excellence. DRDO scientists and engineers will work with the academic research faculty and scholars in addressing the different scientific problems to find innovative solutions.

Faculty members and researchers in various engineering and science departments of IIT-BHU will participate in the research programme/projects under the MoU.

The institute will provide cooperation and consultancy, duly supported by research for feasibility studies and prototype development.

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