Bhubaneswar, Oct 25: Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) – ISM, Dhanbad for collaboration in research and new initiatives.

The MoU was signed by Awadh Kishore Pandey, HoD (Innovation Cell) on behalf of MCL while Prof. Shalivahan, Deputy Director and Dean, R&D, signed it on behalf of IIT-ISM.

PK Sinha, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, MCL graced the MoU signing ceremony, organised virtually, along with OP Singh, Director (Technical/Operations), KR Vasudevan, Director (Finance), Keshav Rao, Director (Personnel), Baban Singh, Director (Technical/Projects & Planning) and PK Patel, Chief Vigilance Officer.

The MoU was signed with objectives like promoting industry-institute interface and opening channels of interaction between academic fraternity of IIT (ISM), Dhanbad and officials of MCL in areas of mutual benefit.