NITT to seek international status

National Institute of Technology- Tiruchy (NITT) will soon take the initiative and seek international accreditation in addition to curriculum change in parallel, said Dr S Sundarrajan, Director, here on Wednesday.

Speaking to ‘Express’, Sundarrajan said, the NITT would take the initiative to provide industry-oriented knowledge. ‘Though the students are already learning industry- oriented subjects, we are planning to make it a full-fledged, he stressed.

Explaining the strategies, he said, before August, NITT would sign an MoU with the New York State University for various programmes like faculty exchange, improved curriculum and student exchange programmes.� Meanwhile, NITT would work on joint research projects with New York and the UK, under the New York-India and UK-India MoUs signed by the President of India.

‘Central Electrochemical Research Institute and NITT would work together to offer a series of programmes for the industries.� Faculty from various specialisations from NITT and CECRI would join together to create a new nanotechnology centre and join with Administrative Staff College of India, for creating a new energy centre,’ he said. Answering a query he said, energy centre was something closely connected to conventional, unconventional, renewable and non-renewable energy.

“Our nation is now moving towards use of solar and wind energy. Energy is important for any nation. It is the responsibility of every citizen to get familiar with the concept of energy security or rather energy independence. The Administrative Staff College of India, which has a lot of economic veterans, would direct NITT on the topics of research that would be useful for the nation,” he pointed out. Asked about his plans for student development, he said, there was plan to make students work for development of society along scientific lines.