IIT Kharagpur, Swansea University Ink MoU on Smart Manufacturing

• IIT Kharagpur and Swansea University sign MoU to enhance research in smart manufacturing and materials engineering.
• MoU aims to drive innovation through AI-powered manufacturing and materials research.
• Partnership supports joint research, industry funding, and student exchange.

In an important development for international academic and industrial collaboration, the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT KGP) and Swansea University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to enhance research collaborations, facilitate academic exchange, and promote innovation in advanced manufacturing and materials engineering.

Prof Surjya K Pal, Founder Chairperson, CoEAMT, will be visiting Swansea University in July 2025 as part of a collaboration.

His visit will feature presentations and strategic meetings with personnel from Information Science, Materials Engineering, and International Education departments to chart future directions for this collaboration.

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On January 27, Tashi Gyaltsen, a delegate from Swansea University, visited before Pal. The visits, suggested by their partner Tata Steel UK, sought to investigate research collaborations, promote knowledge sharing, and establish a foundation for enduring joint projects.

Discussing the joint project, Pal mentioned on Thursday, "This mutual collaboration will drive major breakthroughs in advancing cutting-edge research in smart manufacturing and materials engineering."

The MoU unites the complementary capabilities of CoEAMT IIT Kharagpur and Swansea, allowing us to utilize knowledge in AI-powered manufacturing and materials development.

"We look forward to deepening academic exchanges, fostering joint research projects, and creating impactful industry partnerships that will benefit our faculty, students, and the broader engineering community globally," he said.

The collaboration provides a diverse range of advantages for both organizations. It facilitates knowledge sharing in AI-based manufacturing, backs collaborative research initiatives funded by the industry, and encourages student exchange programs.

Pal noted that the collaboration will ultimately strengthen IIT Kharagpur's research capacity, global engagement, and position the university as a global leader in engineering innovation.

This aligns with both organisations' objectives to deliver impact through interdisciplinary study and globally collaborative academic work.