IIT Patna and Centre for Tele-Infrastruktur (CTIF), Aalborg University, Denmark have signed an MoU on December 09, 2015. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharyya, Director IIT Patna, and Prof. Ramjee Prasad, Director CTIF, Denmark. This collaboration is set to propel young engineers and researchers of IIT Patna towards research, innovation and entrepreneurship. The cooperation will further promote exchange of research programmes, wherein students and faculty will be benefited through the latest developments in various engineering disciplines. After signing the MoU, Prof. Prasad gave a talk on “Human Bond Communications Beyond 2050” which covered a spectrum of topics in the field of wireless communications, specifically focusing on the development of 5G technologies and beyond. He further spoke about his plan to set up a world class company to develop 5G technologies in Patna. The talk also encouraged students and faculty proposing new ideas in various engineering disciplines to make the world a better place.

Soon there will also be an exchange programme wherein students and faculty from IIT-Patna and Aalborg University will be visiting the other college. Similar to this MoU, IIT-Patna is already in collaboration with University of Hartford USA, National University of Singapore, University of Houston, USA, Louisiana State University, USA, University of New South Wales, Australia and Universita Ca’Foscari di Venezia, Italy.

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