OPTCL to set up chair at IIT BBS

The Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) on Friday signed an MoU with he Indian Institute of Technology, Bhubaneswar, for establishment of a OPTCL Chair position at the IIT Bhubaneswar in the presence of Energy Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra. Also present were Dr Saurabh Garg, Chairman OPTCL, and Prof RV Raja Kumar, Director, IIT, Bhubaneswar.“We are happy to know that IIT is not only confined to academic service but has also extended its arm for the development of the State,” said Minister Mishra.

Garg said the IIT would be a trouble shooter for various technical issues surfacing in the power sector.“This Chair will act as an extended arm of R&D wing for Odisha power sector.