Murthal varsity signs pact with IIT-Delhi

Our Correspondent

Sonepat, September 16

DCR University of Science and Technology, Murthal, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi, to speed up the village development programmes under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan in Sonepat district.

University’s Vice Chancellor Rajendra Kumar Anayat said as per the MoU, the technological inventions and research outputs of the university will be implemented in villages at the ground level, especially for water management, solid waste disposal, improving agricultural productivity, solar energy promotion of commercial agriculture to enhance the income of villagers, drip irrigation and to improve skills of rural youth.

“The university is also working to organise short-term skill training programmes for rural women in stitching, weaving and cookery and in carpenting, welding and masonry for men to enable the unemployed youth to start their own small-scale works and improve their income sources,” he said.

He stressed that researchers should take up the problems and issues of rural areas at Ph D and M Tech level and the evolved solutions should actually be implemented at the ground level. The IIT, Delhi, will provide basic financial and technical assistance in the process of collaboration, he added.

Prof Vijay Sharma and Prof Shailja Sikarwar, who signed the MoU, said the solid waste generated from kitchens and from agricultural waste in fields in the district was highly biodegradable and rich in nutrients. It can be efficiently used in developing high-quality organic manure as well as energy generation.