Alcoa Signs MOU With India's Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR)

Manufacturing News, Source : The Manufacturer US
Published : 17 Jan 2007 19:48

Innovation Council Formed to Collaborate on Research Focusing on Areas of Energy, Environment and Material Science

NEW DELHI, India & NEW YORK--Alcoa announced today that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with India’s Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) to partner in collaborative research projects that address critical global issues such as energy efficiency, alternative and renewable energy sources, environmental technologies as well as multi-material engineered solutions.

The MOU establishes the CSIR/Alcoa Leadership Innovation Council that will steer and support innovations that generate value for both organizations.

“CSIR is happy to partner with Alcoa on challenging R&D activities that will help make tomorrow’s world better,” said Director General R.A. Mashelkar of CSIR. “We are looking forward to connecting researchers with common purposes and common goals around innovation.”

“We are excited to partner with the research community in India and leverage our combined capabilities to develop solutions for some of the most difficult problems that face governments and business,” said Dr. Mohammad Zaidi, Executive Vice President, Market Strategy, Technology and Quality, Alcoa. “We are anxious to begin working on projects with CSIR that we have identified as areas of mutual interest.”

Both CSIR and Alcoa will each have four standing members on the council, which will be co-chaired by Dr. Swaminathan Sivaram, Director, National Chemistry Laboratory of CSIR, and Dr. Ashok Nayak, Director, External Innovations & Technology Strategy, Alcoa.

Some of the areas of initial focus include energy innovations to ensure long-term sustainability of operations, environmental innovations that use nano-technology and biotechnology to convert waste to products, packaging innovations that provide next-generation solutions to customers, and multi-material engineered solutions for a number of markets.

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