{"id":8334,"date":"2019-05-23T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-23T11:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/?p=8334"},"modified":"2024-02-21T13:13:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T13:13:25","slug":"the-bgs-signs-memoranda-of-understanding-with-top-indian-research-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/news\/the-bgs-signs-memoranda-of-understanding-with-top-indian-research-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"The BGS signs Memoranda of Understanding with top Indian research institute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-bgs-blocks-content-container content-section\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<p>Alongside King\u2019s College London (KCL), BGS has signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) with the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita). The three institutions will be collaborating on landslide research activities that will mutually benefit India and the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The main aim is to develop regional thresholds for landslide warnings from the real-time data of Amrita\u2019s field deployments in the Himalayas and the Western Ghats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Landslides are considered the third most deadly natural disaster on Earth. Four hundred billion dollars are spent every year on landslide disaster management. Multiple collaborative and interdisciplinary research initiatives play a pivotal role in addressing these challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further to the ongoing collaborative activities between Amrita and BGS such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.landslip.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LANDSLIP<\/a> project, an MoU was signed between the two institutions confirming their mutual interest in developing and reinforcing their cooperation in the fields of earth sciences, mineral prospecting and disaster management. Dr Maneesha V Ramesh, dean of international programs and director of the Center for Wireless Networks and Applications, Amrita, and Prof Christopher Luton, head of legal services at the BGS, signed the MoU on 14 February 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MoU is also an effort to improve cooperation between the UK and the Republic of lndia, with the intent of reinforcing and strengthening scientific links between the two countries. <\/p>\n\n\n\t\t\t<blockquote id=\"quote-8623-block_5e25940a70c56\" class=\"quote  \" >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bgs\/img\/quote-caption.svg\" alt=\"Speech marks icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote-text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>It is a prestigious moment for Amrita, being the first university in India to have signed an MoU with the British Geological Survey. We are looking forward to different forms of cooperation and collaborative activities under this MoU such as education, training and human resource development in the fields of landslide monitoring and research.<\/p>\n<p>Some specific areas of cooperation being focused on under this MoU include susceptibility, hazard and risk mapping; early warnings for landslide hazards; stakeholder communication or dissemination for early warning information (e g. geohazards); geoscience information, and related informatics associated with landslide hazards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr Maneesha V Ramesh, dean of international programs and director of the Center for Wireless Networks and Applications, Amrita.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relatives\">\n\t\t\t\t<h5>Relative topics<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/tag\/asia\/\" class=\"button primary-background\">asia<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/tag\/geohazards\/\" class=\"button primary-background\">geohazards<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/tag\/international-geoscience\/\" class=\"button primary-background\">international<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/tag\/landslides\/\" class=\"button primary-background\">landslides<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\n<div  class=\"accordions\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"acc-top secondary-background icon-arrow button no-btn\"><span class=\"button-content\" tabindex=\"-1\">Notes to editors<\/span><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acc-body sea-background-e\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>For further details or to arrange media interviews please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Clive Mitchell, British Geological Survey Press Office, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG<br \/>\nOffice +44 (0)115 936 3257 Mobile: + 44 (0)7815 537 439<br \/>\nEmail: <a href=\"mailto:cjmi@bgs.ac.uk\">cjmi@bgs.ac.uk<\/a> Twitter @CliveBGS<\/p>\n<p>Sarah Nice, British Geological Survey Press Office, Keyworth, Nottingham, NG12 5GG<br \/>\nOffice: +44 (0)115 936 3605 Mobile: +44 (0)7989 115 657<br \/>\nE-mail: <a href=\"mailto:sebr@bgs.ac.uk\">sebr@bgs.ac.uk<\/a> Twitter @Sarahnice1<strong>es for Editors<br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\nFor additional information go to: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bgs.ac.uk\/\">www.bgs.ac.uk<\/a><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Photographs are available from our ftp server: <a href=\"ftp:\/\/ftp.bgs.ac.uk\/pubload\/bgspress\">ftp:\/\/ftp.bgs.ac.uk\/pubload\/bgspress<\/a><br \/>\nFree for media use with this acknowledgement: British Geological Survey\u00a9NERC<\/p>\n<p><strong>British Geological Survey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a world leading applied geoscience research centre that is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and affiliated to the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). BGS core science provides objective and authoritative geoscientific data, information and knowledge to inform UK Government on the opportunities and challenges of the subsurface. It undertakes national and public good research to understand earth and environmental processes in the UK and globally. The BGS annual budget of approximately \u00a360 million pa is funded directly by UKRI, as well as research grants, government commissions and private sector contracts. Its 650 staff work across the UK with two main sites, the head office in Nottingham and Lyell Centre, a joint collaboration with Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh. BGS works with more than 150 private sector organisations, has close links to 40 universities and sponsors about 100 PhD students each year. 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