India, June 23 -- Birla Institute of Technology-Mesra and IIT-Kharagpur have signed an MoU for structured collaboration across research, academics, and institutional capacity-building.

The agreement establishes a five-year framework, extendable by mutual consent, covering joint PhD supervision, shared laboratory access, intellectual property development and commercialisation, and a range of collaborative academic and research activities, according to an official statement.

"The collaboration with IIT-Kharagpur represents an important milestone in BIT Mesra's pursuit of academic excellence, impactful research, and innovation-led growth," said BIT-Mesra vice-chancellor Professor Indranil Manna. "Through this partnership, we aim to create ...