SRMIST inks pact with CSIR-CBRI

S Vishnu Sharmaa, INN/Chennai, @Svs037

SRM Institute of Science and Technology (SRMIST) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CSIR-CBRI (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Building Research Institute).

Pact was signed in the presence of Director (CSIR-CBRI) and Director (E and T) SRMIST and the faculty of Civil Engineering department on 20 July. The aim behind the pact happens to be creating a large reservoir of highly qualified manpower in diverse fields related to science and technology. 

It also aims to set up a mechanism for concerted efforts by the institutes to cater to the rapidly growing scientific and technological knowledge and professional excellence in all fields of science and technology.

Director of CSIR-CBRI Dr. N. Gopalakrishnan deliberated on the importance of interdisciplinary research and crucial areas of future research. Dr. C. Muthamizhchelvan, Director (E and T), SRMIST elucidated the perks of inter-institutional research and how it could propel SRMIST’s journey towards global eminence.

Joint guidance of student for their projects, joint organization of workshops and seminars, practical training for students at CSIR-CBRI and joint project proposals are some of the highlights of the MoU. The key functional fields of development in this pact would comprise civil engineering, building science, Geology.