NIT Durgapur and Power Grid Corporation to ink deal on solar system
The Statesman | 4 December 2024
National Institute of Technology (NIT), Durgapur is going to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Power Grid Corporation of India for installation of a 1.07 MWp on grid rooftop solar system at a function here tomorrow.
Naveen Srivastava, director (operations) Power Grid Corporation of India , Amitava Barat, executive director , ER II of Power Grid Corporation of India, Professor Arvind Choubey, director of National Institute of Technology (Durgapur) will be present during the MoU signing occasion.
“It is a matter of great pleasure that our institute is going to sign an MoU with Power Grid Corporation of India for a project worth almost Rs 6 crore,” said professor Arvind Choubey, director of NIT Durgapur.
The installation of the 1.07 MWp on – grid rooftop solar plant will be under the CSR initiatives of Power Grid Corporation of India.
While Power Grid Corporation of India is a Maharatna Public sector enterprise of the Government of India, National Institute of Technology (Durgapur) is an institute of national importance under the Union ministry of education.