National Institute of Technology. Telegraph picture

Patna, Feb. 20: National Institute of Technology (NIT), Patna added another feather in its cap having signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a South Korean university for exchange of research activities between the two institutes.

This comes close on the heels of NIT’s record placement of techies this year.

Sanjay Kumar, an assistant professor in civil engineering at NIT, Patna said: “We have signed an MoU with Handong Global University, Pohang, South Korea under which their will be exchange of research work between two universities.”

For the first time, NIT, Patna is going for such type of a programme between two universities in which not only would research work be exchanged, but both the students and teachers of the institute would take part in the work. Under the research work, NIT students will at first go for research followed by faculty members.

Kumar said: “NIT students mainly from the third year and above will go for research work and similarly, students from Handong Global University, Korea will come to NIT to conduct research work.” Unicef will fund the six-month exchange programme.

Unicef is conducting such type of programme as a part of exchange of technical institutes. The exchange of research studies between two institutes will cover various aspects such as urban planning, urban development, infrastructure development and electrical engineering.

The exchange of research work between two institutes will be more innovative and knowledge-worthy for NIT, as the students and teachers will learn about the various facets of technological advancement in South Korea. Kumar said: “Korea had a very advanced urban railroad line connecting suburban residential area. The monorail system in Korea provides maximum protection to the current city landscape and low impact on traffic flow on roads under construction.”

Moreover, others features of the monorail comprise the adoption of automatic driverless train operation with an on-board attendant. The NIT professor also said that apart from students, teachers of the institute will also go for research work, as the professors and teachers of the institute will learn the new technology going on at the Korean university.

Kumar said: “Bihar is developing but the state still lags behind in recent technological advancement. Moreover, the teachers will also learn about the way of teaching in this university.”

The programme which will start this year, however, depending upon the fund grant from Unicef. The number of students and teachers going for research work would be decided upon later.