Question: Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur is situated in …
(a) Shibpur, West Bengal
(b) Pune, Maharashtra
(c) Ranchi, Jharkhand
(d) Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Ans: (a)
- On May 19, 2017, the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated a Bio-Solar-Wind Micro grid Centre and Centre for Water and Environment Research at Indian Institute of Engineering Science & Technology (IIEST), Shibpur, West Bengal.
- IIEST is a historic institution and amongst the first few higher learning centres to be established in the country.
- Since its existence, this premier institution has been imparting high quality education in the field of civil and mechanical engineering.
- Integrated Bio-Solar-Wind Micro-grid centre and Centre for Water and Environment Research are crucial from the perspective of socio-economic development.
- Sine resource sustainability and environmental protection have become pressing global issues, centres such as these are the need of the hour.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=161964