Haryana Technical Education Department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi for the setting up of IIT Delhi Technopark at Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Kundli in district Sonipat.
The MoU was signed in the presence of Chief Minister Manohar lal and Union Minister of State for Human Resource Development Satya Pal Singh.
Haryana Government has provided 50 acres land parcels each at Rajiv Gandhi Education City, Kundli in district Sonipat and at Bhadsa in Jhajjar for setting up of extension campuses of IIT Delhi, said an official spokesman.
The objective of this MoU is to establish a close cooperative relationship between the parties with special reference to supporting Haryana based Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) and provide training opportunities to the faculty and students from technical institutions of the state.
As per the MoU, participants from technical institutions in Haryana will be offered upto ten seats in a quality improvement programme training course and upto five seats in a continuing education programme training courses conducted by IIT Delhi at the Sonipat campus, the spokesman said.
The participants will not have to pay any course fee; they, however, will have to bear their own boarding and lodging expenses. The Ph.D. students from technical institutions in Haryana can avail of the central research facility housing high end analytical instrumentation facilities at the Sonipat campus of IIT Delhi and they will be considered at par with IIT Delhi’s academics in matter of concessional tariff charges for use of the instruments, he added.
The spokesman further said that the IIT Delhi will provide need based mentorship to technical institutions in the state for quality improvement, accreditation, placements, entrepreneurship and incubation programmes.
The IIT Delhi will assist the Haryana Technical Education Department in setting up of the centre of excellence in selected institutions as well as preparation of internal revenue generation programmes, consultancy services or e-content on actual cost basis. Tailor made training courses on payment basis as per requirement will also be oranised by IIT Delhi for the faculty and students of technical universities, engineering colleges and polytechnics functioning in the state.
With a view to enable the smooth cooperation, a separate advisory body will be constituted for operation of this MoU vis-a-vis the extension campuses of IIT Delhi at Sonipat and Jhajjar. A representative of Technical Education Department would be included as a member of the advisory body for both the campuses, he added.