Prof. Sandeep Kumar, from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, USA, recently visited the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee to further strengthen academic and research collaboration between the two institutions. Old Dominion University and IIT Roorkee share a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that facilitates academic engagement, collaboration, and exchange initiatives.
During his visit, Prof. Sandeep Kumar met with senior leadership at IIT Roorkee and, importantly, visited the International Relations Office, where he held meaningful discussions focused on enhancing academic cooperation. He engaged closely with Prof. Vimal Chandra Srivastava, Dean of International Relations, IIT Roorkee, and Prof. Vivek Malik, Dean of Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy (SRIC), to explore future avenues of collaboration under the existing MoU framework. The discussions focused on joint research activities, faculty and student exchanges, and collaborative research proposals under the existing MoU framework.