Varanasi, April 8 -- Strengthening its commitment to aligning academic excellence with national infrastructure development, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-BHU) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Railway Institute of Signal Engineering and Telecommunications (IRISET), Secunderabad.

The MoU focuses on strengthening academic and research activities in the field of railway signal engineering and the indigenous train protection system ''Kavach''.

The MoU was signed by IIT BHU Director Prof Amit Patra and IRISET Director General Sharad Kumar Srivastava. Present on the occasion were IIT BHU Dean (R&D) Prof Rajesh Kumar, Prof. Abha Mishra, Prof Pradeep Paik, Prof Kalpana Choudhary, IRISET faculty memb...