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.