Tata Steel Installs Chair Professor at ISM

Jamshedpur, Sep 15 (UNI) A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Tata Steel Limited and Indian School of Mines (ISM) on installation of a ''Chair Professor'' today.

According to the agreement, "Tata Steel Chair Professor'' will be in the Mineral Processing with Fuel and Mineral Engineering Department in ISM. The appointed Professor will be part of the faculty and he will conduct research and development work on coal and mineral beneficiation.

Tata Steel has granted Rs one crore for the ''Tata Steel Chair Professor''.

The MoU was signed at the office of ISM between A. D. Baijal, vice president, (Human Resources),Tata Steel and Prof. T. Kumar, Director,I.S.M.

The agreement gives access to the Chair Professor to give recommendations and suggestions to Tata Steel on daily basis.

This prestigious alliance between the Tata company and the institute, both of national and international repute, will not only help miners in Tata Steel to enhance their knowledge base but it also enable students to gain information about operations in coal mining,a company release said.

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