New Delhi, Oct 8 (INB) IIT Roorkee and the University of Calgary in Canada have signed an agreement to launch a Joint Doctoral Degree Program (JDDP), aimed at strengthening academic exchange and collaborative research, it said on Thursday.
The agreement was signed in Calgary in the presence of IIT Roorkee Director Prof K K Pant and senior officials from both institutions, the institute said in a LinkedIn post. The programme will provide opportunities for joint supervision, interdisciplinary doctoral research and academic mobility, with researchers from the two institutions collaborating across multiple areas.
The partnership will cover fields including sustainable development, clean energy, circular economy, water and wastewater management, and critical minerals and technologies linked to the semiconductor ecosystem, the institutions said. The JDDP will also promote innovation, entrepreneurship and technology commercialisation, with an emphasis on translating research into solutions for global and industrial challenges, it added. The agreement is expected to create opportunities for researchers and students to work across institutional and national boundaries while contributing to globally relevant research and innovation, it stated.
