8 August 2008
Durgapur tech institute ties up with CERN, Switz
DURGAPUR, Aug. 6: The National Institute of Technology, Durgapur – a
deemed university entered into an international collaboration with
the CERN, Switzerland – a European organisation for nuclear research
last week. The areas of collaboration identified were nuclear
physics, grid computers and cryogenics. Two senior faculties of the
NIT, will be leaving for Switzerland on 2 September for a three week
composite training schedule as a part of the collaboration .
Dr Nirmal Roy and Dr Pathik Karmakar- faculty members of electrical
engineering and physics respectively will be working in the state of
the art laboratories of CERN and as part of the collaboration, Dr
Swapan Bhattacharya, director, NIT informed: " Five students of
fourth and sixth semesters will be taken by CERN in winter for an
eight weeks study programme." He added: "We have also signed an MoU
with the Glasgow Caledonian University's Oman division to help
technical expertise in the fields of oil research and environment
engineering."
A high power team of the Caledonian College recently visited NIT,
Durgapur after Dr Bhattacharya and Dr Manik Mukherjee- a senior
professor visited Oman. Dr Bhattacharya said: "Three of our faculties
will be teaching the Oman division of the Glasgow Caledonian College
as part of the MoU and will also undertake research initiatives in
their laboratories." Few of the Caledonian College faculties will be
completing their Phd at NIT, Durgapur. The chemical engineering
department and its upgraded laboratories have attracted the Oman
based Caledonian University College. The centre recently provided
funds worth Rs 1.45 crore to help in the complete up-gradation and
modernization of the chemical engineering laboratories at the NIT,
Durgapur.
