AP Chief Minister meets with a delegation from IIT Madras, led by Director Prof. V Kamakoti to research collaborations for Andhra Pradesh (Image source: Twitter/ @ncbn)
The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) and the Andhra Pradesh authorities person signed 8 agreements to foster innovation and development.
The collaboration focuses connected ‘transformative initiatives’ successful areas including deep-tech innovation, integer skilling, aviation, maritime research, and governance systems, promising a large boost to the state’s maturation trajectory.
As portion of the agreement, IIT Madras volition supply consultancy to the Andhra Pradesh authorities connected establishing a deep-tech incubation parkland astatine Amaravati. The institute volition besides facilitate partnerships for the Government with planetary universities, Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras said.
IIT Madras, done its initiatives specified arsenic SWAYAM Plus and Vidhya Shakti, volition connection skilling programmes to students and teachers crossed Andhra Pradesh. The programmes, the manager added, implemented successful concern with unpaid organisations, question to elevate the prime of acquisition and hole the workforce for a integer future.
Speaking astir the collaboration, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu successful a station connected X (formerly Twitter) said: “Met with a delegation from IIT Madras, led by Director Prof. Veezhinathan Kamakoti to research transformative collaborations for Andhra Pradesh.”
Met with a delegation from IIT Madras, led by Director Prof. Veezhinathan Kamakoti to research transformative collaborations for Andhra Pradesh. @iitmadras pic.twitter.com/nJGkhHbU1I
— N Chandrababu Naidu (@ncbn) November 15, 2024
IIT Madras volition enactment connected boosting the aviation manufacture successful Andhra Pradesh by supporting the improvement of Kuppam and Puttaparthi arsenic logistics and attraction hubs. This inaugural is expected to unfastened up caller avenues for economical maturation successful the region, Prof. Kamakoti said adding that it volition besides enactment with the AP authorities to impart a thrust to maritime research, communications and coastal vigor harvesting technologies.
Vizag’s relation arsenic an planetary net gateway volition beryllium strengthened done IIT Madras’ expertise successful planetary information connectivity. This move, the prof said, is expected to alteration Vizag into a captious hub for integer infrastructure.
In Amaravati, IIT Madras volition assistance successful the instauration of a Smart Tech-Enabled Sports City, combining exertion with infrastructure to presumption the metropolis arsenic a hub for sports innovation.
Leveraging its expertise successful information subject and artificial intelligence, IIT Madras volition enactment the improvement of real-time governance systems and bundle infrastructure for Andhra Pradesh, enhancing ratio and decision-making processes.