IIT Kharagpur and Railways partner to promote research

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Indian Railways and the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT-K) to support and promote research and development in the organisation, announced the Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, after inaugurating a computerised reservation counter in southern part of Kolkata. The minister announced two new trains for West Bengal. She said the railways would also provide its land for setting up 372 diagnostic centres, 44 first-class hospitals and 88 second-class hospitals across the country.