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mou-with-aardoIIT Kharagpur inks MoU with African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO)

Information taken from IIT Kharagpur Director V K Tewari Facebook Page (April 12, 2022)

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and African-Asian Rural Development Organization on 12 April 2022 to cooperate and collaborate with a view to achieve their common objectives with regard to address the challenges in the field of agriculture and rural development through technological innovations, solutions, interventions and capacity enhancement to benefit and strengthen rural societies by establishing cordial ties, strengthening cooperation and initiating an association between the two organizations for the benefit of rural communities, farmers, entrepreneurs, executives, functionaries and policy makers of the member countries in Africa and Asia.
African-Asian Rural Development Organization, New Delhi comprises of thirty three members, including thirty one countries, developing an understanding among members for better addressal of each other’s problems and to collectively explore, opportunities towards coordinated efforts for the welfare and eradication of thirst, hunger, illiteracy, disease and poverty amongst rural people in the African-Asian region.