IIT-Roorkee & Powergrid Corporation Inks MoU on Energy Efficiency

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee has announced that it has signed an MoU with Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd on energy efficiency and sustainable energy.

The MoU aims to bring together academic and industry/corporate prowess, in building efficient, reliable and low-cost energy systems.

The core objective of this MoU is to have long term association between POWERGRID and IIT Roorkee in the area of Energy Management, the institute said in a announcement.

"We look forward to working together for improving energy efficiency in IITR campus. Energy efficiency is the key to sustainable development and we believe that our joint efforts will bring good results in this area. It will also help us collaborate for research in this area," believed Professor Ajit K. Chaturvedi, Director, IIT Roorkee.

The MoU goals at advancing and executing energy efficiency and sustainable energy projects at IIT Roorkee campus in the jointly agreed areas of space cooling/heating, lighting and fans, water pumping, power distribution, waste to the energy, etc.

The MoU also objects at carrying out joint R&D related to Energy sector.

According to Sanjay Garg, Executive Director, POWERGRID, thanked IIT Roorkee for entrusting their company with this prestigious association.

"IIT Roorkee is the first-ever academic institution for which POWERGRID will be providing cost-effective state of the art energy efficiency solutions. With this collaboration, we believe that there is going to be a lot of learning for our team members too," he believed.