Dhanbad, Dec. 1 -- IIT(ISM) Dhanbad signed an MoU with Pune-based Minimac Systems to establish Minimac's Centre of Excellence in Fluid Testing and Analytics on the institute's campus. Fully funded by the industry partner, the centre will be the first such specialised facility in eastern India, aimed at advancing applied research, industrial skilling and predictive maintenance technologies.

The collaboration marks a new phase in IIT(ISM)'s push to strengthen industry-academia engagement, especially in areas of fluid engineering, oil analytics and intelligent maintenance systems that are becoming essential across manufacturing, mining and energy sectors.

The MoU was signed in the presence of IIT (ISM) director Sukumar Mishra, dean (R&D) P...