The National Highways Authority of India(NHAI) towards the goal of providing world-class National Highway (NH) network and to create a bridge between technical Institutions and Industry, has received an amazing response from many reputed Institutes across India for a collaboration to Leverage Local Expertise. NHAI informs as many 18 IITs (including IIT Roorkee, IIT Bombay, IIT Varanasi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur), 26 NITs and 190 other reputed Engineering colleges have agreed to collaborate with NHAI and 200 of them have already signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
The unique initiative by NHAI associate various NH with reputed Technical Institutes and Engineering colleges. The Institutes adopt nearby NH stretches on voluntary basis under Institution Social Responsibility. Over 300 Institutes are expected to collaborate to adopt NH stretches. According to NHAI the institutes can use the adopted stretches as a field of study for faculty, researchers and familiarise students of the Institute with the latest trends in industry and suggest the relevant performance parameters and innovations.
Under this initiative, the partner institutes will study improvement prospects in Road Safety, maintenance, riding comfort, removal of choke points, black spots and usage of new technologies on the adopted stretches and give suitable suggestions to NHAI. The Institutes are also encouraged to associate with the Consultants/NHAI during conceptualization, design and project preparation of new projects and suggest the relevant performance parameters and innovations based on experience specific to the local climate, topography and resource potential for better socio economic outcome. NHAI also offers internship to 20 Undergraduates and 20 Post-graduate students with the stipend.
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