TEC signs MoU with IIT Kanpur for Joint Studies and Technical Contributions

The Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), the technical arm of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Government of India, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) to collaborate on joint studies, research, and technical contributions in advanced telecom technologies and global standardisation activities.

The MoU was signed by Amit Kumar Srivastava, DDG (Mobile Technologies), TEC and Prof. Tarun Gupta, Dean (R&D), IITK, in presence of Prof. Manindra Agrawal, Director, IITK, Prof. Rohit Budhiraja, IITK and Shri Shashi Mohan, DDG(Information Technology), TEC.

The partnership creates a formal framework for TEC to work closely with IIT Kanpur on next-generation telecom and standardisation activities.(UPDATED ON 8TH JANUARY 2026)