Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography (CSIR-NIO) and BITS Pilani, KK Birla, Goa signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a long-term collaboration in the areas of education, training and research in the areas of biology, chemistry, marine instrumentation and high-performance computing.
The MoU was signed by Prof. Sunil Kumar Singh, Director, CSIR-NIO and Prof. Suman Kundu, Director, BITS, Pilani, – KK Birla Goa Campus, in the presence of Prof. D. M. Kulkarni, Dean: Administration, Prof. Meenal Kowshik, Associate Dean, Sponsored Research and Consultancy Division, BITS Pilani, KK Birla, Goa and Dr V.V. Sanil Kumar, and Venkat Krishnamurthy of CSIR-NIO.
CSIR-National Institute of Oceanography and BITS Pilani, KK Birla, Goa, have a long history of cooperation in various scientific domains of interest, and this MoU will now facilitate a roadmap for further meaningful interactions that are drawn on the mutual strengths of the two organizations in the specific fields of Oceanography.
CSIR-NIO, by virtue of its systematic and focused research in the field of ocean data collection, environmental impact assessment, and ocean modelling, has maintained the highest standards in this domain, and thus this collaboration will now facilitate the utilization and sharing of the expertise of both the organizations with the latest developments in the field of oceanography.
