|
DCNS signs a cooperation agreement with IIT Bombay
| Tuesday, April 10, 2012 |
 Email Story |
|
 Feedback |
|
 Print Story |
|
|
|
Mumbai: DCNS signed, through DCNS Research, a Memorandum of Understanding with the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, one of the top academic institutions in India, dedicated to engineering and technology research. It has been signed by Dr Alain Bovis, Executive Director of DCNS Research and Prof. Shiva Prasad, Dean of Academic Programmes in IIT Bombay.
This MOU opens new cooperation avenues to DCNS in India for education and research programs in naval defence and energy. Considering their respective domains of expertise, DCNS and IIT Bombay expect a rapid deployment of several projects. These will include:
sponsoring research and development programs to be carried out cooperatively by IIT Bombay and DCNS Research teams, sponsoring Indian student projects and fellowships at IIT Bombay, training DCNS personnel through "Continuing Education Programmes" conducted by IIT Bombay.
The research projects will be run at IIT Bombay premises with support of DCNS Research teams or in dedicated common facilities.
Thermo hydraulics, electrical engineering, material sciences are the most promising areas of scientific interaction between the two organizations.
Prof. Shiva Prasad, Dean of Academic Programmes in IIT Bombay said: "There is a huge potential for cooperation in educational programs and R&D programs in the maritime and energy domains between IIT Bombay and DCNS".
Dr Alain Bovis, Executive Director of DCNS Research, added: "This new development emphasises our investments in long term in India. It also aims to accelerate technology progress in mutually beneficial areas by tying up with one of the top Indian research centres".
IIT Bombay's vision is to be fountainhead of new ideas and of innovations in science and technology. There has been an increasing emphasis on research . This emphasis is reflected in the increasing number of postgraduates, publications, patents at the Institute. In 2011, of the 1846 degrees awarded at the Convocation, 1341 were postgraduate degrees.
DCNS Research is the corporate Research Centre of DCNS, dedicated to major scientific and technology areas relevant in naval systems and systems for energy production design such as computational fluid dynamics, computational structure dynamics, material science, information technology, acoustics and electromagnetism.
This agreement is strongly supported by the Science and Technology Department of the French Embassy in India.
| |
|
| Email Story |
|
Feedback |
|
Print Story |
|
|
Admission Notifications
GET LATEST ADMISSION NOTIFICATION
|
|
Exam/Test Alert
GET LATEST EXAM/TEST ALERT
|
|
| State |
|
National |
|
World |
|
Edu Business |
 Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik completes fourth year of his third term (Orissa)
|
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has successfully completed the fourth year of his third term on Tuesday. Patnaik remained an undisputed leader in the party as well as in the State during the last 13 years. Bu ..
|
|
|
NEST On May 25; OUAT entrance test on may 26 (Orissa)
|
Bhubaneswar: The National Entrance Screening Test (NEST), which is compulsory for students seeking admission to the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar, will be held on May 25 at 56 ..
|
|
|
Odisha-based Sudarsan Pattnaik won 'The Danish Grand Prize' at Copenhagen (Orissa)
|
Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: Indian Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik, won the Danish grand prize at 2nd Copenhagen International Sand sculpture festival 2013 on Monday at Copenhagen, Capital of Denmark for his sand sculpture ..
|
|
|
Odisha: Prof Debendra Nath Jena appointed as Vice Chancellor of Utkal University of Culture (Orissa)
|
Report by India Education bureau, Bhubaneswar: Chancellor Dr S C Jamir appoints Prof Debendra Nath Jena as Vice Chancellor of Utkal University of Culture.
It may be note that Governor S.C. Jamir on May ..
|
|
|
US Department of State exploring ideas of how to increase the number of women in ICT professions and academia (Delhi)
|
Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: The U.S. Department of State along with the Institute of International Education (IIE), public sector, private sector, and civil society organizations are exploring ideas of how to increase the ..
|
|
|
|
India and United Kingdom Sign MOU on cooperation in Health sector
|
Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: Union Minister of Health & Family Welfare India GhulamNabi Azad and Secretary of State for Health, UK, Mr. Jeremy Richard Hunt signed an MOU on cooperation in the field of health sector las ..
|
|
|
India Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival showcases India as an 'Incredible Filming destination'
|
Report by India Education bureau, Cannes: With an objective of creating a global footprint for Indian Cinema in its centenary year, the India Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival in France has organized a series of panel discussions on co ..
|
|
|
Summer Camps to surpass Rs.1,000 cr. mark by 2017: ASSOCHAM
|
Report by India Education bureau, New Delhi: Growing at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 25 per cent, the summer camps industry size is likely to touch Rs. 1,000 cr. by 2017-18 from the current level of Rs. 400 cr. due to w ..
|
|
|
Odisha-based Ravenshaw University introduces three new PG courses from this year
|
Report by India Education bureau, Cuttack: Ravenshaw University here announced to introduce three new PG courses from this academic year. This was announced by the Vice chancellor of the University, B C Tripathy. Tripathy anno ..
|
|
|
Indian Students Win $60,000 Grand Prize at the Dell Social Innovation Challenge 2013
|
Bangalore -- (Business Wire India): Dell announced today that a team of students from India received the $60,000 grand prize at the Dell Social Innovation Challenge (DSIC 2013) for its project Solar Conduction Dryer. Shortlisted from more ..
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Get Latest News from Punjab
Get Latest News from Madhya Pradesh
Get Latest News from Rajasthan
Get Latest News from UP
Medical
