Question- Recently, Konkan Railway has signed an agreement with which one of the given Indian Institute of Technology in order to assist its tunnel technique?
(a) IIT, Madras
(b) IIT, Guwahati
(c) IIT, Bombay
(d) IIT, Gandhinagar
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:
- On December 19th, 2017, Konkan Railway and IIT Bombay signed the Memorandum of Understanding for Technical Cooperation.
- This technical assistance will be received for ‘George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology’ (GFITT) set up by the Konkan Railway, in Madgaon.
- It is significant that in August before that the Konkan Railway had also entered into an agreement with the Swiss University of ETH Zurich for science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
- The aim of the present agreement is to develop the ‘George Fernandes Institute of Tunnel Technology’ as a world-class institution in the field of tunnel and underground structure technology.
- At the same time, under this agreement, undergraduate and postgraduate students of IIT Bombay will have practical experience of research and development programs in tunnel and underground structures.
- The name of the Tunnel Technique Institute by Konkan Railway was given after former finance minister George Fernandes.
- He had an important role in the construction of the Konkan Railway.
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