Bharti, IIT Delhi to set up telecom CoE

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Bharti Airtel Limited and Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi today announced to set up Bharti-IIT Delhi Telecom Centre of Excellence (CoE) at the Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management, IIT Delhi.

The objective of the center is to promote innovation in the telecom sector and capacity building through knowledge towards achieving Telecom Vision 2010 of the Government, Bharti said in a statement.

The Bharti-IIT Delhi Telecom CoE is being set up as part of the initiative by the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India.

The center will also work towards providing support to the industry in planning future telecom growth in the country and reducing the rural urban digital divide. It will promote focused R&D in the area of telecom and also work development of India specific telecom applications.

Prof. Surendra Prasad, director, IIT Delhi, said, “This is another major initiative by the Government of India to support growth of telecom sector in India. We are happy to partner Bharti Airtel in setting up this center and promoting excellence in the area of telecommunications.”

Manoj Kohli, president, Bharti Airtel, said, “The India telecom sector is today playing a crucial role in the development and progress of the country. We are delighted to further strengthen our partnership with IIT-Delhi through this major initiative by the DoT to develop India as a world-class telecom hub.”

Bharti and IIT Delhi have already established the Bharti School of Telecommunication Technology and Management with a vision ‘To develop telecom leaders through excellence in education and research’. The school offers post-graduate programmes, i.e. M.Tech, MBA, MS (Research) and PhD in telecommunication.