On 6th April, Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, signed an MOU with IIT Guwahati for the purpose of furthering cooperation in education and R&D activities between the two institutions. Heritage Institute of Technology is an Autonomous Private Engineering College accredited by NAAC with Grade ‘A’ and most of the eligible programmes offered by the Institute is accredited by National Board of Accreditation in the Tier-1 category.
Speaking on the MOU, the Principal of Heritage Institute, Prof. Basab Chaudhuri said, “This collaboration will of immense help to us in terms of giving an exposure to our students for internships at IIT Guwahati, jointly launching short term programmes in association with IIT Guwahati and more crucially receiving a support in R&D activities where our faculty members can jointly work for an holistic objective.” Dr. Sandip Chatterjee, Joint Registrar(Academic), Heritage Institute of Technology was also present during the momentous occasion.
“This MOU will bring significant benefits to both the institutions. It will also give an opportunity to the students of Heritage Institute of Technology for Summer Internship Programme and jointly we can start some short term courses which can add value to the existing curriculum,” said Prof. Parameswar K. Iyer, Director, IIT Guwahati.
Earlier the Institute had an MOU with New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) for Summer Research Programme where students visit NJIT and pursue research in various niche areas in engineering sciences.
“The National Education Policy (NEP) had made a sea change in the field of higher education system giving a stress on skill building courses and outcome based learning. The flexibility under the current NEP will bring a revolution in education which was much needed earlier. This MOU will become an integral on the ways we incorporate the salient features of NEP in the academic curriculum,” said Mr. P.K.Agarwal, CEO, Heritage Group of Institutions, Kolkata.
“It’s great news. My alma mater where I earned my B.Tech degree had signed an MOU with IIT Guwahati which will in turn pave way for many such collaborations in the future,” said Dr. Surjendu Maity, an alumnus of the Heritage Institute who had completed his M.Tech & Ph.D. in Chemical engineering from IIT Guwahati. Dr. Surjendu is also a recipient of Gandhian Young Innovation Award 2021 and is currently working as a Postdoctoral fellow at Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation.