IIT Bhubaneswar

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MoU signed to establish OPTCL Chair position in IIT Bhubaneswar

will lead to a

Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy & SMART Grid at IIT Bhubaneswar

Following is an excerpt from https://odishabytes.com/optcl-iit-bhubaneswar-sign-mou/ .

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Power Transmission Corporation Limited (OPTCL) and the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar signed an MoU on Friday to establish OPTCL Chair position in IIT Bhubaneswar in presence of Odisha Energy Minister Dibya Shankar Mishra.
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According to OPTCL Chairman Saurabh Garg, the IIT would be a troubleshooter for various technical issues surfacing in the Power Sector.

“Apart from the education, IIT Bhubaneswar is committed for the local area and social development through structured intervention. This Chair will act as an extended arm of R&D wing for Odisha Power Sector. These synergies are sure to create lasting impact in addressing key issues pertaining power sector. We also assure that the proposed Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy & SMART Grid will provide an amalgamation to both academics and industry in general” Professor RV Raja Kumar said.