Both Darjeeling MP Raju Bista and Siliguri MLA Dr Shankar Ghosh congratulated Dr Eklabya Sharma on being awarded the Padma Shri.
Both Darjeeling MP Raju Bista and Siliguri MLA Dr Shankar Ghosh congratulated Dr Eklabya Sharma on being awarded the Padma Shri. While Mr Bista extended his heartiest congratulations to Dr Eklabya Sharma on social media, Dr Ghosh today met Dr Sharma at his Siliguri residence.
Dr Sharma, originally from St Mary’s in Kurseong, had previously served as the deputy director general at International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Kathmandu. He was also the head and the founding scientist incharge of GB Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, Sikkim, Darjeeling MP Mr Bista said.
Dr Sharma is the chairperson of Science Advisory Committee of GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and a fellow of Indian National Science Academy. He had joined as the vice chancellor of TERI School of Advanced Studies, previously known as TERI University, Delhi. Currently, he is serving as the Strategic Advisor and Distinguished Senior Fellow in Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bangalore
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New Delhi: TERI School of Advanced Studies, New Delhi and Altz Technologies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on Analytics Solutions and Data Science.
The MoU will pave way for innovative solutions to environmental and natural science issues through data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). The partnership will facilitate a mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge, innovation and disruptive multi-disciplinary ideas among students, professors, and technology professionals.
This partnership is also likely to open new doors to lay hands-on technology that is driving the digital transformation and gain industry experience to become sustainable development professionals of tomorrow.
On the occasion, Prof. Prateek Sharma, Vice-Chancellor, TERI SAS spoke on how this partnership can leverage the combination and adoption of digital technologies with the location.
“With the government’s push on digitalisation and more active role of industry academia partnership, Altz Technologies and TERI SAS are uniquely placedto deliver advancement in technology using location intelligence. This will enable students to a wider scope to learn the newest technologies while pursuing their academic programme. With TERI SAS as knowledge partner and Altz Technologies as the technology partner, this association will leverage the combination and adoption of digital technologies in the domains of energy, environment and sustainable development,” said Prof. Sharma.
Mr. Atanu Sinha, CEO, Altz Technologies emphasized on how this collaboration can offer unique solutions, “We are excited to partner with TERI SAS. Their rich researched knowledge base enhances our offerings and compliments our solutions to customers in niche areas of natural resources, geospatial and Analytics. It’s a solution that brings order to chaos and ambiguity with smart analytics. A solution that is truly smart and touches many dimensions as the name signifies. We look forward to the collaboration to work on unique problems and deliver unique solutions.”
Altz Technologies, a startup, recognized by Govt, Of India under the Startup India Program for IT Consulting and IT Services, primarily focused to help users to actualize their digital strategy by harnessing the power of data and technology, from connected systems to autonomous processes.
Speaking about sustainable development as the common goal of both- Altz Technologies and TERI SAS, Prof. Shaleen Singhal, Dean (Research and Partnerships) said, “The partnership between Altz Technologies and TERI School shall assist in realizing the shared goal of creating research led sustainability solutions. The complementarities through industry experience and advance quality research shall produce meaningful results for diverse domains”
Prof. Vinay Shankar Prasad Sinha, HoD, Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, focused on how this partnership will enhance student agility in terms of exposure to new technology-driven industries.
“TERI SAS has been proactive in academics making our student’s technology and industry agile by designing courses that are industry competitive. Our partnership with Altz Technologies is the reinforcement of our efforts towards student agility,” said Prof. Sinha.
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