MoU between CSIR-CRRI and Volvo Construction Equipment

CSIR-CRRI has entered into a MoU with Volvo Construction Equipment Division, Volvo India Private Limited, Bangaluru. Dr. S. Gangopadhyay, Director, CRRI and Sh. A.M. Muralidharan, President, Volvo has signed the MoU on April 30, 2013 at CSIR-CRRI, New Delhi. The broad objectives and terms and conditions of the MoU are as follows:

• To establish a working relationship between CSIR-CRRI and Volvo in areas of road construction equipment & technology and skill development of involved manpower so as to achieve overall productivity improvement for road construction industry.
• To enhance awareness of latest road construction equipment amongst trainees of CSIR-CRRI.
• To conduct training programmes of common interest for engineering professionals.
• To conduct short term courses for manpower skill development in areas of machine operation, thereby addressing prevailing concern of shortage of skilled machine operators for road construction equipment.
• To come out with a white paper on Construction and Maintenance Machinery for Road Sector like catalogue, technical papers, manuals, etc.
• To explore opportunities for collaborative projects for development of instrumentation for road construction equipment.
• To jointly undertake projects in India and abroad.
• To organize joint conferences and seminars in India and abroad.