MNNIT to introduce Aerospace Engineering programme

Prayagraj: Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) will soon launch a BTech programme in Aerospace Engineering. The institute has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the University of Texas at Austin to take aerospace engineering education to a new level.The formal agreement was signed last week during the visit of MNNIT director Prof RS Verma to the University of Texas at Austin in the United States. The collaboration is being seen as a major step towards promoting academic exchange, joint research and technological innovation between the two institutions.Under the MoU, students and faculty members will get exposure to international-level education, advanced research facilities and opportunities to work with global experts. The Aerospace Engineering curriculum will also include modern technologies, innovations and industry-oriented practical training.According to information issued by the institute, the initiative will help prepare students for global competition and provide a new direction to aerospace education in India. Both institutions are also expected to organise joint workshops, faculty exchange programmes, research projects and student training programmes in the future.In another important development, the Uttar Pradesh govt has released the list of exposure visit destinations for more than 1.25 crore students studying in Classes 1 to 8 in more than 1.30 lakh council-run primary, upper primary and composite schools across all 75 districts of the state. Students from Prayagraj and Kaushambi will visit institutions including MNNIT, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad at Jhalwa, NTPC Ltd Meja, IFFCO Phulpur, National Academy of Sciences India, ITI Naini and Jawahar Planetarium at Anand Bhavan. Children from Kaushambi will also visit the guava research centre at Khusrobagh.Students from Pratapgarh will tour MNNIT, IIIT and Jawahar Planetarium in Prayagraj, besides visiting Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd and Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi at Fursatganj in Amethi district.National mentor Shatruanjay Sharma said that educational tours would help develop scientific temperament among children and enable them to better understand institutions around them.