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To strengthen Tanzania’s energy infrastructure, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is collaborating with GRID-INDIA, a Central Public Sector Enterprise, to offer certification programs, conduct joint research.
With an active presence in Africa through IITM Zanzibar, the institute is committed to building global partnerships for sustainable energy. Expanding horizons, this partnership creates new opportunities for cross-border knowledge exchange, applied research, and commercialisation of clean energy technologies.
GRID-INDIA, a Miniratna company under the Ministry of Power is the National system operator responsible for the reliable and secure management of India’s electricity grid.
The effort at IIT Madras will be led through the Energy Consortium, an industry-academia collaborative center of excellence focused on clean energy.
The MoU was signed on 22nd May 2025 by Prof. Manu Santhanam, Dean (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research), IIT Madras, and Shri Surajit Banerjee, Executive Director (HR), GRID-INDIA, at the IIT Madras campus.
