A team of three members from Norwegian Institute of Water Research including Dr Luca Nizzetto, Research Scientist, Norwegian Institute of Water Research (NIVA); Eirik Steindal, Researcher, NIVA; Dr Girija Bharat, Director, Mu Gamma Consultants Pvt. Ltd. visited Manav Rachna University (MRU) recently.

Team members from NIVA met Prof. D.K. Chadha, Chair Professor and Chairman- Center for Advanced Water Technology & Management at MREI ; Prof. Meenakshi Khurana, PVC, MRU; Prof. Sarita Sachdeva, Dean Research, MRIIRS; Prof. B.M. Bahal, Dean Research, MRU; Dr. Megha Mittal, Head Chemistry Department, MRU; and Ms. Meena Kapahi, Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, MRU for a detailed discussion on mutual areas of interest and capacity building.

NIVA is Norway’s leading institute for basic and applied research on marine and fresh waters. The institute’s research comprises a wide array of environmental, climatic and resource-related fields. NIVA’s world-class expertise is multidisciplinary with a broad scientific scope. They combine research, monitoring, evaluation, problem-solving and advisory services at international, national and domestic levels. The team also interacted with Dr. Amit Bhalla, Vice President, Manav Rachna Educational Institutions (MREI) and appreciated the efforts put by the management to strengthen the research and academic eco-system at MREI.