Kathmandu, Aug. 31
Nepal-India Chamber of Commerce & Industry (NICCI) and Indian
Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) to engage in mutually agreed collaborative research
areas on solar, energy storage, green hydrogen, microgrid, capacity building
training, and academia-industry
collaboration.
NICCI Director General KM Singh and IITR
Dean Prof. Vivek Kumar Malik signed the MoU, on behalf of their respective
institutions.
According to the MoU, the IIT Roorkee, Asia’s oldest engineering college,
has also agreed to offer courses and workshops for NICCI members under its Centre
for Sustainable Energy, IITR.
Similarly, NICCI will support organising Hackathons and
exhibitions at IITR to generate interest in potential students in emerging
technologies. Such events shall be organised on a periodic basis.
“We need stronger and reliable
partners for NICCI in the days to come,” said NICCI president Sunil KC after
signing the MoU. “NICCI is bridging the gap between the industry and academia
by collaborating with the best institutions in the country and in the region,”
he said, adding that the collaboration between NICCI and IITR will also help Nepal’s
game-changing energy sector.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 1 September 2025.
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