IIT-KGP says its coastal maritime tech centre will reduce cost

The Centre for Inland and Coastal Maritime Technology (CICMT), being set up at IIT Kharagpur under the flagship Sagarmala programme of the Ministry of Shipping (MoS), will drastically reduce the cost of research, the institute said in a statement.

The CICMT will result in cost and time savings for work in the port and maritime sector, the statement said Saturday.

Union Road Transport and Shipping minister Nitin Gadkari had laid the foundation stone for the CICMT at IIT Kharagpur from Delhi on Friday.

"IIT Kharagpur is delighted to be able to set up the Centre for Inland and Coastal Maritime Technology. This builds on the unique strength of IIT Kharagpurs Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture department supported by all the other engineering and science departments," Director, IIT KGP Prof P P Chakrabarti said in the statement.

Chakrabarti said, "We hope to be able to work on deep areas of technology development and indigenous technologies development as well as in areas related to energy efficiency and use of automation and AI (artificial intelligence) in these areas."