Attendees:
| IIT-Madras: |
Director, Prof. M.S. Ananth. Prof R. Nagarajan, Prof K. Krishnaiah, Prof J. Kurian, Prof A. K. Kolar, Prof PS Kumar, Prof PV Subrahmanyam; Prof S. Karmalkar; Mr CV Balaji |
| Coimbatore Institute of Technology: |
Prof. R. Prabhakar, Director |
| ARKEMA Director : |
N. Subramanian (Moderator) |
| IGCAR: |
Dr. Vinayaka Pillai |
| Fluidyn: |
Dr Suresh Krishnamurthy |
| IITEUAA: |
SBICAP Securities Ltd Director V. Gopinath |
There was a suggestion that the program for EU/India collaboration be tested by a small team of faculty, industry and students to study the feasibility prior to formalizing the program. The proposed program for M.Tech students in India:
- 6-month period at the home IIT
- 2-month project initiation in industrial premises + course of culture/ language
- 6-month period in European School
- 8-month training at the industrial premises
- 6-month period at IIT to finish the project
Being a wholly new program, this will require a passage in the Senate of the IIT.
For exchange students from Europe, the program will be similar to above, except for beginning with a 1-yr initial period at the European school and a final project presentation. There was active participation from the students who are likely to find the program attractive.
The follow-up actions proposed are: 1) to prepare a proposal that will be the basis of an Memorandum Of Understanding (MOU) and 2) to test the program on a limited number of faculty/student/industry.
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