NRL and CSIR-NEIST executes Agreement to Collaborate in Research Activities
NRL will support the R&D centre with financial contribution to the research projects.
New Delhi: In line with the Government of India’s emphasis on promoting Research & Development and NRL’s 10 year vision plan entailing a move to broader energy plays, Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) inked a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) on December 27, 2023, with North East Institute of Science and Technology, (NEIST) Jorhat, Assam, which is a constituent unit of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Read Also : Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, CAS presented Presidential Awards to 51 IAF personnelAs per the MoA, a Research & Development centre, to be called “NRL-NEIST R&D Centre” or “NRDC” will be set up at the premise of NEIST, Jorhat for taking up various research activities in emerging energy sectors for a long-term basis, with a collaborative effort of NRL and NEIST. NRL will support the R&D centre with financial contribution to the research projects.
Read Also : BEL participates in India-Mozambique Defence industry interaction eventThe objectives of the collaboration would be to create state-of-art R&D, analytical and testing platform for the petroleum industry in order to develop sustainable solutions to the complex energy and environmental issues faced by oil and petroleum industry through continuous and collaborative R&D and explore new frontiers in technology for tapping unconventional reserves of energy. It would also develop facilities for specialized testing of hydrocarbon, speciality chemicals, water samples etc as well as specialized testing for civil, mechanical, electrical, instrumentation and metallurgy.
The MoA was signed, on behalf of NRL, by Mr. Nikunja Borthakur, Senior Chief General Manager (Corporate Affairs), and Dr G. Narahari Sastry, Director, CSIR-NEIST in the presence of Mr. Bhaskar Jyoti Phukan, Managing Director, NRL and other senior officials of NRL & CSIR-NEIST.
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