IIT-Madras has joined hands with the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for a collaborative research on Air Navigation Systems (ANS). This will support the AAI in addressing aviation infrastructure and air traffic management challenges to benefit all the 125 airports in the country.
An MoU was signed today between Ravindra Gettu, Dean, Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research, IIT-Madras, and AK Dutta, Member (Air Navigation Services), AAI, a press release from the Institute said.
The MoU provides for transfer of knowledge and skill by IIT-Madras experts in mathematics, analytics, artificial intelligence, and data mining solutions essential to carry out research, the release said.
AAI manages 125 airports and provides ANS on over 2.8 million square nautical miles of air space. It has been taking up ANS and airport infrastructure modernisation plans to keep pace with the exponential growth in air traffic in India.
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