Team Herald
PANJIM: Civil Engineering Department of Don Bosco College of Engineering, Fatorda signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Public Works Department (PWD) at Panjim on Sunday.
Principal chief engineer Uttam Parsekar represented the PWD while, Fr Kinley D’Cruz, Director and Dr Neena S P Panandikar, Principal represented Department of Civil Engineering, Don Bosco College of Engineering.
The purpose of MoU is to strengthen industry-academic relationship for mutual benefit, to build fruitful and mutual relations and for propose to offer programmes of mutual interest. It will also help to collaboratively identify common areas of interest in the sector of sustainable water distribution, transportation network and facilities, geotechnical and structural works for further study, research and documentation.
The MoU will focus to carry out studies in existing and new academic frameworks to yield a better public understanding of the problem areas and to suggest social, economical and technological solutions.
Stress on developing academic and research frameworks suitable for training of students in upgrading their skills is also a part of MoU.
PWD principal chief engineer Uttam Parsekar said that MoU will help the new graduates get experience on hand-on training on functioning of the PWD as well as taking feedback from what is happening around.
Parsekar said that the PWD has signed similar MoUs with the IIT Goa and Goa Engineering College, Farmagudi for water supply section.
