Road Transport and Highways Ministry inks pact with IIT Roorkee
New Delhi: The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on Friday entered into a pact with Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, to strengthen research and development activities in the road sector. “This collaboration of MoRTH with IIT-Roorkee will strengthen R&D (Research and Development) activities in road sector and the Chair professor is expected to provide leadership in conducting and coordinating research, development and teaching in the area of development of highway infrastructure,” the ministry said in a statement.
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Indresh Kumar Pandey, Director General- Road Development and Special Secretary, and Manoranjan Parida, Deputy Director and Professor of Civil Engineering, IIT Roorkee.
