SUBHASH MISHRA
Dhanbad, Feb 24: The IIT Indian School of Mines (ISM) Dhanbad has signed an MoU with Normet India Private Limited (NIPL), Noida for the development in the field of underground mining machinery.
Under the MoU, IIT ISM faculty members would provide training to engineers of NIPL and in exchange ensure employment of fresh pass-outs of the institute in Noida establishment.
The MoU was signed in presence of Prof Sagar Pal, Dean (R&D); Prof AR Dixit, head of the department of Mechanical Engineering; LA Kumar Aswamidhas, associate professor (mechanical engineering); Prof Ravi Kumar Gangwar, associate dean, Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy (SRIC Prof Ejaz Ahmad, coordinator, Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy (R&D) from IIT ISM side while Subhasis Mohanty, vice-President, India Sales Area & managing director, Normet India, Prof Arup Ratan Chandra, general manager, India SA Services BL and Global Services were from NIPL Noida.
Notably, NIPL is considered one of the leading underground mining machinery manufacturers and suppliers to make a new revolution in the underground mining machinery arena.
The collaboration will also help in the engagement of students during the final year of their course to update themselves about the industry, company, scope and future trends. Normet India will ensure the employment of fresh engineers in a systematic way through a standard recruitment process.
The training for NIPL personnel, on the other hand, would be provided in the area of their interest, like Mobile Hydraulics & Machine Safety and also Electronics & IOT.
The assistance of IIT (ISM) faculty members, on the other hand, will be provided for troubleshooting problems through the Kaizen Method., “We joined hands together to make a sound revolution in the arena of underground mine machinery”, said Prof Kumaraswamy of Mechanical Engineering who played a key role in the MoU said
The MoU, which was signed in the office of Prof Sagar Pal Dean (R&D) of IIT ISM, will facilitate sponsoring of R&D projects, which may be carried out wholly at IIT (ISM) or at the premises of NIPL partly.
