Tata Motors and IIT Bombay have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to create a technological partnership in areas of mutual benefit and interest. Series of interventions have been identified to cater to a future-ready organization.

Gajendra Chandel, Chief Human Resource Officer, Tata Motors Ltd., and Professor Devang V Khakhar, Director, IITB, signed a five year MoU, with an objective to ensure the engineering needs of the future automotive industry. Under this MoU, joint R&D projects will also be undertaken for development of new technologies in various engineering domains.

Speaking on this association, Chandel said, "With the rapidly changing Business landscape, it is imperative for us to foresee and plan for a world-class, competent, talented and innovative workforce to retain our competitive edge. By working with an esteemed Institution like IITB, we endeavor to continuously develop engineering skills not only within the company but also that of our academic partners.

"This partnership is a step in this direction, where we intend bridging the academic excellence with the business know-how from the industry. We are looking forward to pushing the boundaries of collaboration to develop industry-ready resources. This also supports the Government's "make in India program" preparing the Indian Industry to compete at a global platform".

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