IIT Bombay and Konkan Railway Sign MoU to Strengthen Tunnel Technology Institute

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and Konkan Railway have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen Konkan Railway’s George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology (GFITT), located in Goa. Through this collaboration, IIT Bombay will focus on transforming the institute into a world-class centre of knowledge in underground and tunnel structure technologies. Director of IIT Bombay, Professor D.V. Khakhar and Chairman of Konkan Railway Corporation Limited, Mr. Sanjay Gupta have signed the MoU on December 19, 2017.

IIT Bombay will provide all the necessary technical support to Konkan Railway for developing tunnel and underground structure technologies. Through this tie-up, the postgraduate and undergraduate scholars of IIT Bombay will gain practical training and experience in the R & D (Research and Development) programmes in tunnelling and underground spaces.

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The collaboration between IIT Bombay and GFITT is unique, and first of its kind in India. Such unique collaborations will boost the global rankings of the premier institute. IIT Bombay has been doing its best to come up with quality research work. The premier technical institute helps students to focus on innovation and it imparts practical training to students so that they could come up with innovative ideas and solutions.

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