TEC signs MoU with IIT Kharagpur for collaboration on Joint Studies and Technical Contributions in Telecom Technologies and Standardisation Activities

• TEC (Telecommunication Engineering Centre), the technical arm of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), signed an MoU with IIT Kharagpur on 23 Feb 2026 for joint R&D and standardisation in advanced telecom technologies.
• Focus areas: 6G, AI-enabled telecom systems, Radio/Antenna/MIMO, and Satellite & Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTNs).
• Part of a wider TEC academia outreach (IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, IIT Hyderabad, IIIT Delhi, IIIT-H, IIIT Naya Raipur, SRMIST) feeding India's Bharat 6G Vision & ITU standardisation pipeline.
• Aspirant relevance: GS-III S&T (indigenous tech, standards), governance (academia–government linkage), and Atmanirbhar Bharat in telecom.