The DKTE society's textile and engineering institute in Ichalkaranji and Nanded based Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and technology (SGGS) signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) which will facilitate both the institute's teaching faculties and students to share their academic and administrative knowledge.

SGGS has centre of excellence in image processing, while the DKTE has Centre of excellence in non-woven technology.

P V Kadole, principal, DKTE, said that in today's rapidly changing world, they all need competitive engineers and the MoU with SGGS focuses on this need.

He added that under the MoU, a joint working body too has been constituted, who will look after the said activities get planned and executed properly.

It has to be noted that the University Grants Commission (UGC) had approved the Ichalkaranji based DKTE societys Textile and Engineering Institutes with the autonomous status earlier this year in the month of June. According to the officials, the institute can now design its own curriculum and conduct examinations on its own.

Another official from the DKTE said that the SGGS institute is an autonomous institute under the government of Maharashtra and it is currently running a central governments project on the centre of excellence in image processing.