New Delhi: Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (PGCIL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with IIT Roorkee for a Rs 20.73 crore Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) contribution to foster technology innovation through establishment of three state-of-the-art Centres of Excellence (CoEs) at Institute Computer Centre.
MoU has ben signed in the presence of the Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) RK Tyagi, Director (Personnel) Dr Yatindra Dwivedi, Director (Operations) Naveen Srivastava, Director (Projects) Vamsi Rama Mohan Burra, ED (CC-CMG) Vikram Singh Bhal, ED (CSR & SR-I) A Nagaraju from Power Grid, Jasbir Singh, ED from CTUIL, Prof. KK Pant, Director & Prof. Sateesh Kumar Peddoju, Head Institute Computer Center from IIT Roorkee and other senior dignitaries & officials from both the organisations.
Power Grid's Sr. GM (CSR) Arvind Kumar Rai and Dean of Resources and Alumni, IIT-Roorkee Prof. RD Garg signed this MoU at Corporate Centre, Power Grid for establishment of these Centres of Excellence (CoEs), which include a Command-and-Control Centre for campus UHS networks, an IoT Research & Application Centre, and a 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 and others, enabling cutting-edge research and development. IIT Roorkee, established in 1847 is an institute of national importance imparting higher education in engineering, sciences, management, architecture and planning, and humanities and social sciences.
Corporate Social Responsibility is embedded into Power Grid’s business model and is aligned towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Power Grid has been consistently contributing to the field of economic and social development across the country with its CSR initiatives.
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