Gurugram, 07 December 2024: POWERGRID signed an MoU with IIT Roorkee for a CSR contribution to foster technological innovation through establishment of POWERGRID Centre of Excellence (CoEs) at Institute Computer Centre.
The MoU was signed in the presence of Shri R. K. Tyagi, Chairman and Managing Director, Dr. Yatindra Dwivedi, Director (Personnel), Sh. Naveen Srivastava, Director (Operations), Shri Vamsi Rama Mohan Burra, Director (Projects), Sh. Vikram Singh Bhal, ED (CC-CMG), Sh. A. Nagaraju, ED (CSR & SR-I) from POWERGRID, Sh. Jasbir Singh, ED from CTUIL, Prof. K. K. Pant, Director and Prof. Sateesh Kumar Peddoju, Head Institute Computer Center from IIT Roorkee and other senior dignitaries & officials from both the organizations.
MoU includes establishment of POWERGRID Centre of Excellence (CoEs), including Command-and-Control Centre for campus UHS networks, IoT Research & Application Centre, and Lab for Cyber Security and Mobile Security Hackathons and awareness programmes. This initiative is expected to benefit nearly 11,000 on-campus students of IIT Roorkee annually and others, enabling cutting-edge research & development.
