NIT-T, Texas Instruments sign MOU for setting up IT research lab in tiruchy

Tiruchy: The National Institute of Technology Trichy (NIT-T) has recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) here with Texas Instruments (TI) engaged in the design and development of semiconductors and software to promote interactions between NIT-T and Texas Instruments in mutually beneficial areas and to provide a formal basis for initiating interaction between NIT-T and TI through setting up a TI Research Lab at NIT-T premises.

The MoU envisages joint R&D projects over a period of three years for the development of new technologies in various engineering domains.

The MoU was inked in the presence of Dr Mini Shaji Thomas, director, NIT-T and. Sanjay Srivastav, director, Texas Instruments India University Program.

Speaking on the occasion, professor Dr Mini Shaji Thomas, said that as a part of the MoU, TI will deliver products and EVMs worth USD 25,000 from 2019 till the expiry of this MoU. These TI products and EVMs will be used by NIT-T in curriculum teaching and research in the area of Analog IC applications, power management, and embedded systems.

This is a landmark agreement in technology development for both the reputed institutions.