DCNS, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Sign Cooperation Agreement

DCNS and Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, one of the top academic institutions in India, dedicated to engineering and technology research have signed a Memorandum of Understanding. This MOU opens new cooperation avenues to DCNS in India for education and research programs in naval defence and energy. Considering their respective domains of expertise, DCNS and IIT Bombay expect a rapid deployment of several projects. These will include sponsoring research and development programs to be carried out cooperatively by IIT Bombay and DCNS Research teams, sponsoring Indian student projects and fellowships at IIT Bombay, training DCNS personnel through “Continuing Education Programmes” conducted by IIT Bombay. The research projects will be run at IIT Bombay premises with support of DCNS Research teams or in dedicated common facilities. Thermo hydraulics, electrical engineering, material sciences are the most promising areas of scientific interaction between the two organizations. Dr. Alain Bovis, Executive Director of DCNS Research, added: “This new development emphasises our investments in long term in India. It also aims to accelerate technology progress in mutually beneficial areas by tying up with one of the top Indian research centres”.