IIT Guwahati and CSIR-North East Institute of Science and Technology (CSIR-NEIST), Jorhat have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 17th November 2020 at IIT Guwahati. The MoU will enable IIT Guwahati and CSIR-NEIST to collaboratively work on jointly offer training programs and carry out advanced research in the areas of Disaster Management and Water Resources.

Prof. T. G. Sitharam, Director, IIT Guwahati, said that IIT Guwahati will jointly organise training programmes for the teachers from North East to promote the dissemination of Science through online courses and interaction from the next academic year.

Dr. Narahari Sastry, Director CSIR-NEIST, expressed keen interest in offering a course on Application of Machine Learning in Science and work on joint research projects in the areas of Bioresources and Chemistry.