Tata Sons and Tata companies have entered into collaborations to fund research and development opportunities in partnership with academic institutions including Harvard University, Yale University, the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and the Royal Society, UK.
The financial support, exceeding $25 million, will be spread over time, in line with the tenure of the individual alliances with the institutions. The Tata companies that will be involved in the initiative include TCS, Tata Chemicals, Tata Communications, Tata Steel and Jaguar Land Rover. The Tata partnership with academic institutions is part of a global university collaboration programme of Tata companies for strategic outreach to academia across the world. It is aimed at supporting university faculty and students through funded research programmes, and sabbaticals, and so on.
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