New Delhi: IIT Guwahati has joined its hands with the South Dakota Mines to advance multidisciplinary research efforts in two-dimensional (2D) materials, and biofilms.
As a part of the collaboration, both IIT Guwahati and the South Dakota Mines signed a memorandum of understanding, MoU, that will enable both institutions to share their resources and leverage research funding opportunities.
The collaboration will also maximize the increasing problem-solving by joining multidisciplinary teams at both institutions.
The research into 2D materials and biofilms has huge potential for future applications across various areas, including the medical field with research into new classes of anti-cancer, antibacterial, and other pharmaceuticals.
According to the IIT-Guwahati reports, the advanced multidisciplinary research will assist in advancing new types of energy production and storage, advantages for agriculture, including better new ways to protect and nourish crops for maximum yields.
The research also has applications in corrosion protection that will increase the longevity of structures like steel bridges, ships, and buildings, the report said.
Further, reports added that the institute is well-equipped with world-class state-of-the-art facilities and equipment in the Central Instrumentation Facility and the Center for Nanotechnology available to the researchers and graduates with expert faculty oversight and training.
As per the reports, the collaboration for multidisciplinary research will benefit both IIT Guwahati and South Dakota Mines.
Speaking about the collaboration, Professor Tapas Kumar Mandal, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, said that the multidisciplinary research in two-dimensional (2D) materials, and biofilms can utilize several strengths and expertise to move the institute to the next level to benefit the society.
The MoU also includes an exchange programme where student researchers in both institutes will be able to learn from faculty, access testing, and research equipment at both facilities.
Venkata Gadhamshetty, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at South Dakota Mines, said that the collaboration will make the research more accessible to a wider range of students and the outcomes will be available to a wider audience.
He concluded saying that he envisions a significant number of collaboration opportunities with all of the exciting work at the institute.
According to the official IIT Guwahati release, the collaboration will make both institutions more competitive with significant intuitions when applying for limited pools of research funding.
The research collaboration tied to the new MOA is already underway at Mines and IIT Guwahati and the work is building on past research advancing the use and understanding of 2D materials.
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Recently, the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati introduced a master’s programme in Liberal Arts for the upcoming academic year 2022-23, in accordance with the principles of NEP 2020.
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