India-UK varsity collaboration: Rs 1 cr research programme at IISc launched

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: Brunel University London and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have launched a £100,000 (Rs one crore) programme for joint research projects in areas including combustion, manufacturing, design and energy.

The Brunel–IISc International Collaboration Programme, announced on Wednesday during a visit by Brunel's Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Andrew Jones to IISc's campus here, is in support of the universities' aim to build a long-term research and educational collaboration, a joint statement said.

Professor Jones and others from Brunel visited IISc and interacted with faculty members, and a signed certificate was exchanged between the two institutions to mark the programme's launch.

The funding will support a number of short, exploratory joint 'seed' research projects running until the end of July 2023, with the expectation of later progression to larger, externally funded collaborative research, it said. Prof Jones said both universities have been exploring to work in the fields of combustion, manufacturing, design and energy