Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) on Wednesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute, Bengaluru for joint collaboration for undertaking multi-disciplinary research.

CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute is a pioneer in data science and multi-disciplinary research in earth and engineering sciences with emphasis on application of science and engineering to the society.

Dr. G.K. Patra, Chief Scientist at CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute and Prof. P.K.Nanda, Pro-Vice Chancellor of SOA signed the MoU.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Patra highlighted the ongoing advance research in data science and allied areas like application of Artficial Intelligence Machine Learning (AIML) for different domains like agriculture, healthcare and disaster management.

Dr. K.C. Gouda, Principal Scientist at Fourth Paradigm Institute, presented the ongoing research activities in the field of earth and engineering science. Dr. Sarat Chandra Sahu, Director of SOA’s Centre for Environment and Climate (CEC) was also present.