Sheffield University Management School ties up with IIT Kharagpur and Delhi for various research projects

Updated on: Friday, April 12, 2013

Sheffield University Management School (UK) has established links with two of India's oldest and leading engineering institutes, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. Under this tie-up, the institutions will jointly conduct various research projects.

The University will be working together with the IIT Delhi and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, US for a project titled 'Next Generation Sustainable Freight Transportation' (NEX-GIFT). The university has been awarded by the British Council under the UK - India Education and Research Initiative (UKIERI) framework to work on this project. The research collaboration will bring together leading universities from UK and India and combine their expertise in the field of freight transportation for long-term sustainability of freight movement across three continents.

The University of Sheffield will also be working on a project titled "Studying and Analysing Carbon Trading Regime for Global Collaborative Supply Chain" in collaboration with Indian IIT Kharagpur. This project, funded by the University of Sheffield, aims to study the use of energy efficient technology in India and the possible new opportunities for UK industries and academia.

Speaking on the mutual alliance, Dr Alok Chaudhary, programme director of MSc in Logistics and Supply Chain Management at the University of Sheffield, said, "Through the NEX-GIFT Project, we intend to research new and existing methodologies and test the feasibility of the methodologies in the US-UK-India region. This trilateral research partnership for innovation is invaluable and forward-looking. Through our tie-up with IIT Kharagpur, developed models of supply chain strategies will be addressing the sustainable development needs of India and increasing the opportunities available to business organizations to meet their carbon reduction commitments both in the UK and India. Moreover, I believe that such academic partnerships between Indian and UK institutions will strengthen the educational links between the countries."

Sheffield University Management School ties up with IIT Kharagpur and Delhi for various research projects

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