The Cyberabad Times

Tsunami part of IIT curriculum

Students applying to IIT Kharagpur for the session beginning July 2005, can now opt for tsunami studies. An M.Tech programme in computational seismology is coming up at the institute with inputs from Rourkee Engineering College and the National Geo-physical Research Institute at Hyderabad. The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, is also helping with technological knowhow and laboratory inputs. A seismological observatory has already been set up so that students can learn how to predict the arrival of the disastrous tidal waves. At least 25 students will be selected for the course every year on the basis of an aptitude test but the basic course requirement will be a Masters degree in Science or a B.Tech or a BE. IIT KGP is already working with the Orissa government to set up cyclone shelters. The request came from the PMO after the supercyclone in 1999. We are providing the knowhow but the government will build them, said the IIT KGPs director."

Tsunami part of IIT curriculum

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