MNNIT to devote proposed research centre to Kalam

ALLAHABAD: Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) has decided to set up a state-of-the-art centre for interdisciplinary research and projects in specified fields. It would undertake studies in the fields of climate change, energy, environment and disaster management.
The institute has decided to dedicate the mission to Missile Man and late President A P J Abdul Kalam.It would be named as A P J Abdul Kalam Centre for Advance Research in Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Disaster Management Technologies (CLEED).
The centre is being dedicated to Kalam in accordance with the wishes of the institute's teachers and students.
"The vision of the new centre is to develop and encourage research and knowledge dissemination in the context of inclusive sustainable development. The focus will be on climate change, energy, environment and disaster management, besides encouraging multi-disciplinary approach, using latest tools of technology," MNNIT director P Chakrabarti said.
He the seed money of Rs 1 crore would be arranged by the research and consultancy (R&C) cell of the institute and subsequently funds would be raised from externally funded research projects and industry partners.
The thrust areas identified for research and projects to be undertaken at the proposed centre had been specially chosen. Kalam had been urging researchers and youngsters to focus on these areas in his talks and visits.
Possible key areas in which the centre would intervene include mitigation and adaptation for climate change, sustainable natural resource management, including conserving biodiversity and addressing land degradation as well as integrated chemical management like phasing out of ozone depleting substances and reducing persistent organic pollutants among others.