Partnership for innovation and sustainability : ILK in India again - COMPOLL at the DAAD conference

New Delhi, India - the ILK, a leading research institute specializing in environmental lightweight engineering solutions, is proud to announce its participation in the recent DAAD Conference in New Delhi, India. The conference, dedicated to fostering "Innovation and Global Cooperation for Sustainability," brought together over 240 participants from Germany and across India representing 130 universities.

ILK's team, including Prof. Maik Gude and Kaushik Abhyankar, MSc., was honored to contribute to the conference with their bilateral project COMPOLL, focusing on combating environmental pollution through the internationalization of education. They were joined by their project partner from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), Mechanical Department, Prof. Ashish K Darpe. During the conference, the COMPOLL project was presented twice, from Prof. Gude in a 90 s pitch and from the whole team together again in the poster walk, where they engaged in many interesting questions and exchanges on their topics. The discussions on global cooperation for sustainability, trends in academic cooperation, internationalization policies, and higher education environments in Germany and India were insightful and inspiring.

"We are thrilled to be a part of the DAAD Conference on Innovation and Global Cooperation for Sustainability," said Prof. Maik Gude of the ILK. "Our participation in this event has been incredibly valuable, and we look forward to continued collaboration and innovation with our partners in India."

Impressions. DAAD conference "Innovation und Global Cooperation for Sustainability"

^{The DAAD initiative "A New Passage to India" (ANPtI) aims to increase young German academics' understanding of India, bring German and Indian students, graduates, and PhD candidates into contact with each other's world of work and research, and strengthen mutual awareness of each country as a research destination. The project leaders funded within this framework meet annually to exchange experiences and project results. This year, the iHED Confluence 2024 organized from March 11th to 15th, 2024 by the DAAD India Regional Office New Delhi in cooperation with the Head Office in Bonn onsite in India and connecting DAAD Alumni, Principal Investigators, Post Docs from DAAD-ANPtI funded projects with each other and other stakeholders, highlights the achievements of the ANPtI program in a large format, since the current program phase will come to an end in 2024.}

Besides the conference participation, Prof. Gude also had the opportunity to meet with Prof. Bijoya Kumar Behera from the Department of Textile and Fiber Engineering of the IIT Delhi, to discuss joint research initiatives and further collaboration. ILK extends special thanks to Prof. Behera and his colleagues for their hospitality during the meeting, for the organization of the laboratory tour, and looks forward to reconnecting at future events such as the 27^th International Dresden Lightweight Engineering Symposium in June 2024 in Dresden.

Exchange of Prof. Gude (ILK, TU Dresden) with Prof. Behera (Textile & Fiber Engineering Dept., IIT Delhi)

Contact

Radka Roßner, ILK International Office Advisor,
Saskia Trute, ILK Communication,