Two premier institutions of the Northeast — the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, and the North Eastern Space Applications Centre (Nesac), Shillong — have joined hands to work for the development of the region and create a pool of skilled professionals.
The two institutions signed a memorandum of understanding on June 28 aimed at launching joint initiatives including internship, joint degree, short-term training and student exchange programmes and joint projects, among others, an IIT Guwahati statement said.
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Through this partnership, a multidisciplinary approach would be adopted to study disasters as the Northeast is prone to flood, earthquake, landslide and riverbank erosion, it said.