PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Pan
IIT Alumni India have signed a Memorandum of Understanding here to jointly
advise and assist the governments and its agencies, private sector and the
community with “Technology” led solutions to explore and develop opportunities
in the Rural Development and Rural Enterprises in India and more specifically
in the targeted states.
The MoU signed between the Secretary General
of the PHD Chamber Mr. Saurabh Sanyal and General Secretary, Pan IIT Alumni
India, Mr. Sanjay Govil will also identify need based opportunities in the
selected thrust areas such as development of rural infrastructure and services,
upgradation and establishments of rural enterprises, participation in the value
chain of rural produce, access to technology and skills development, access to
markets and access to funds.
In addition, the two organizations will also
work for capacity building of stakeholders and local partners and make
collaborative efforts to jointly support development of rural technology parks,
rural incubators and rural enterprises based projects in the targeted states of
India and its replication thereafter.
Both will jointly facilitate in funding local
partners to implement specific projects as may be agreed upon as also provide
necessary technical support and training to local partners for the implementation
of projects, besides exploring the funding for project design and development,
implementation and monitoring from central government, the state government and
also foreign bilateral and multilateral sources.
In a statement issued here today, Mr. Sanyal
said that PHD Chamber and Pan IIT will constitute a taskforce to jointly
prepare a programme, project outline by 31 August 2017 which will also
formulate the tentative schedule for implementation of specific projects
identified in the thrust sectors.
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