Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS) BITS Pilani, one of India's premier institutions for higher education and training, has entered into a Strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Laghu Udyog Bharati (LUB) National, the apex body representing Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) across the country. This collaboration is an important step towards innovation, technology adoption and capacity building in the MSME sector in India.
Laghu Udyog Bharti Goa Delegation President Pallavi Salgaonkar, Secretary Mudit Aggarwal, Treasurer Vibhor Keni were included. Yogesh Kulkarni and Jayesh Raikar, BITS Pila representing Pvt. Suman Kundu,
At the signing of the harmony agreement, Pallavi Salgaonkar, Mudit Agswal, Vibhor Keni, Yogesh Kulkarni, Jayesh Raikar and others.
Director, K Birla Goa Campus of BITS Pilani, Prof. Anirdhan Roy, Faculty in Charge, BGIIES, Prof. Saroj Baral, Coordinator, Institute Innovation Council, Prof. Shibu Clement, Associate Dean, Research and Innovation, Prof. Amol Deshpande, Faculty in Charge, Practice School, Prof. S. D. Manjre, Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, Dr. Sridevi Jaiswal, Administrator, BGIIES and Ms. Isha Desai was present. Senior leaders from across the BITS network participated virtually, including Colonel S. Chakraborty (Retd), Registrar, BITS Pilani; Pro. Saunak Roy, Dean Research and Innovation and Shri. Rajneesh Kumar, Chief Technology Transfer Office.
National representatives of LUB would have joined online, in which All India President Madhusudan Dadu, All India Secretary Om Prakash Gupta, National Coordinator (Industry Academy) Ayanti Goela and Dr. Arshpreet Kaur, TOT Coordinator participated.
Industry-academia relationship will be strengthened Under a strategic partnership or synergy agreement, BITS Pilani and LUB will collaborate on various initiatives to enable MSME. This includes technology support and upgradation for MSMEs, joint research and development projects addressing sector-specific challenges, innovation, incubation and entrepreneurial support, training and capacity-building programmes, strengthening industry-academia linkages.
