Civil Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Survey of India on 15 December 2025 to foster academic and research collaboration. The MoU focuses on joint work in Geo-informatics, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for automated feature extraction, Geodesy (Physical, Marine, and Satellite), Astronomy, and other engineering disciplines. The agreement aims to promote collaborative research, knowledge exchange, and capacity building between the two institutions.

The MoU was signed by Dr. Athira P, Dean (Academics) and Dr. Arvind Ajoy, Dean (ICSR), on behalf of IIT Palakkad, and Shri Pankaj Kumar, Superintending Surveyor and In-charge of the Kerala & Lakshadweep Wing, on behalf of the Survey of India.

IIT Palakkad has entered into an MoU with the Indian Institute of Soil Science (ICAR-IISS), Bhopal on 21st August 2025. This MoU aims to promote and enhance scientific and academic interactions between IISS Bhopal and IIT Palakkad in mutually beneficial areas of global sanitation and sustainable soil health management with the following specific objectives: To develop co-composting protocols/methodologies for safe use of biosolids, To develop nutrient enriched biosolids derived product for its safe use in agriculture, To facilitate joint short term training programs in mutually agreed areas of interest. The MoU was signed by Prof. Santhakumar Mohan, Dean, Industry Collaboration and Sponsored Research, representing IIT Palakkad, and Dr. MonoranjanMohanty, Director, ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Sciences.