NHIDCL inks MoU with NIT Manipur for highway tech

26 Dec 2022 CW Team

The National Institute of Technology, Manipur (NIT Manipur) and National Highways Infrastructure Development Corp. Ltd (NHIDCL) have signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in the field of highway engineering and other infrastructure works, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) said in a statement.

“NHIDCL, a Central Public Sector Enterprise (CPSE) under MoRTH, is seeking and promoting innovative technologies to find pragmatic solutions to the challenges posed in the construction of highways facing extreme climatic conditions,” according to the statement.

Both NHIDCL and NIT Manipur are leading premier national organisations in their respective fields and will work together as a team to achieve national objectives.

“Both the organisations will leverage their respective expertise to work on road infrastructure and highway engineering projects,” according to the press release.

NHIDCL aims to promote innovative technologies to find pragmatic solutions to the challenges posed in the construction of highways facing extreme climatic conditions.

Over the last year or so, it has signed MoUs with institutes like IIT Roorkee, IIT Kanpur, CSIR-CRRI, NSDC, IIT Patna, NIT Srinagar, NIT Agartala, NIT Silchar, NIT Uttarakhand, NIT Nagaland NIT Sikkim, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Mandi and NIT Jote, Arunachal Pradesh.

NHIDCL has previously signed MoUs with IIT Bombay & IIT Guwahati and is in discussions with other IITs and NITs for signing of such MoUs, the ministry added.

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