BIM signs MoU with IMTI

To promote technology in agriculture, irrigation

The Irrigation Management Training Institute (IMTI), an institute functioning under the Water Resources Department of Public Works Department, and the Bharathidasan Institute of Management (BIM)-Tiruchi, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Friday for mutual cooperation to promote latest technologies in agriculture and irrigation.

The MoU seeks to promote adoption of Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning and digital best practices in agriculture and irrigation space and create a more extensive knowledge/skill base to improve farm productivity, agriculture management, and rural entrepreneurship, according to press release from BIM.

Given their mutual interest in applying management tools and new technology applications in agriculture, irrigation, and allied areas, the two have entered into an academic and research partnership. The MoU will focus on arriving at proof-of-concept solutions for farm productivity and irrigation management using artificial intelligence/ machine learning techniques, knowledge sharing through seminars/ conferences and training programmes and undertake collaborative research to address the problems related to rural entrepreneurship and rural market assessment.