IIT Delhi and AARDO partner for agricultural and rural development

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi and African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO) are collaborating for agricultural and rural development. The two have also signed an MoU to cooperate and collaborate on these areas through technological interventions and capacity enhancement.

According to a statement shared by IIT Delhi, the collaboration aims to strengthen the rural communities, farmers, executives, functionaries and policy makers of the member countries in Africa and Asia.

The MoU was signed by His Excellency, Dr Manoj Nardeosingh, Secretary General, AARDO and Prof. V Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi.


The cooperation between IIT Delhi and AARDO will be around areas like technological interventions, bio-energy, biomass, biogas, ecological sanitation, food quality & safety, sustainable agriculture, sustainable housing, food processing among others.

IIT Delhi’s Centre for Rural Development and Technology (CRDT), an outreach centre of the Institute to address challenges faced by rural communities and to improve their quality of life, will play the key role in this collaboration.

The CRDT is already involved in developing and transferring technologies in areas including algal bio-energy, biomass technologies, biogas technologies, ecological sanitation, food quality and safety, sustainable agriculture, sustainable housing, value- added food products, water and waste management etc.

“This collaboration would facilitate the diffusion of high end technologies to strengthen the rural communities. Goal is to connect our student, faculty and startup communities with problems in the rural areas in African nations. CRDT at IIT Delhi is expected to take a lead in this collaboration,” professor V Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi said.