Prof. Kumar Patchigolla from Teesside University (TEES), UK visited IIT Roorkee on August 14, 2023. He was hosted by Prof Prakash Biswas, Head of Department, Chemical Engineering at IITR.
Prof Patchigolla also had an interaction with Prof K K Pant, Director IITR and Prof Akshay Dvivedi, Dean SRIC in the Director’s office at IITR on the possibility of executing MoU/ Agreement between the two institutes.
Prof Patchigolla also visited the International Relations (IR) Office to have an interaction with the officials (Prof V C Srivastava and Dr Shantanu Wahal Executive Officer) on prospective partnership between TEES and IITR. During the meeting, the group discussed the avenues of collaboration between overlapping research fields in IITR and TEES. There were also discussions on developing joint doctoral degree program, student exchange programs, joint thesis supervision and research collaborations between TEES and IITR.