IIT-Tirupati Director K.N. Satyanarayana and CEMS CEO Gopi Krishna Sivvam signing the copies of MoU, at the IIT campus on Sunday.
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Indian Institute of Technology-Tirupati (IIT-T) signed an MoU with the Centre of Excellence in Maritime and Shipbuilding (CEMS), Visakhapatnam, marking a key step in strengthening industry-academic collaboration in advanced manufacturing and Industry 4.0 technologies.
IIT-T Director K.N. Satyanarayana and CEMS CEO Gopi Krishna Sivvam exchanged copies of the MoU at a programme here on Sunday, in the presence of Arun Tangirala, Dean of Competency Development and Outreach (CDO). The collaboration aligns with national initiatives like ‘Make in India’ and ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.
As part of the MoU, IIT’s Centre of Excellence, which was virtually inaugurated by Minister for Education Dharmendra Pradhan in February this year and having Siemens as a technical partner and Wipro as execution partner, allies with CEMS, which is known for its proven industrial training capabilities.
The institutions will jointly design and deliver skill development programmes in areas like digital manufacturing, simulation and test solutions, electric and autonomous vehicles, industrial IoT, factory automation and microgrid technologies.
Sai Krishna, an associate professor at IIT-T and Sabyasachi Majumder, General Manager of CEMS also took part.
Published – November 23, 2025 09:41 pm IST
