RNS: IIT-ISM (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad signed a MoU with Jharkhand University of Technology (JUT) to Promote the Innovation Startup Ecosystem on Saturday.
As per the provisions of the MoU, IIT (ISM) will also carry out mentoring of various institutes coming under the purview of JUT, including the institutes carrying out the teaching of PG courses, B Tech as well as Diploma courses.
The MoU was signed by Professor J K Pattanayak, Director of IIT (ISM) on behalf of IIT (ISM) and Professor DK Singh, Vice Chancellor of Jharkhand University of Technology on behalf of JUT in the presence of Professor Dheeraj Kumar, Deputy Director IIT (ISM) will facilitate promotion of Innovation start-up ecosystem at JUT through the resources available with various section 8 companies of IIT (ISM) including, Atal Community Innovation Centre (ACIC), Technology Innovation in Exploration and Mining Foundation (TEXMiN) and Naresh Vashisht Centre for Tinkering and Innovation (NVCTI).
Over 100 start-ups are presently being promoted through various section 8 companies of IIT (ISM) including ACIC, TEXMiN and NVCTI.
