The Indian Institute of Management Nagpur (IIM Nagpur) has further strengthened its national role as a knowledge partner to governments in addressing complex mobility and crowd-management challenges. The Institute’s Centre for Logistics, Infrastructure and Project Management (CLIP) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Public Works Department (PWD), Government of Goa, to develop traffic-simulation and pedestrian-evacuation models for key road networks in the state.

 

The MoU was signed in Panaji on Wednesday during the official inauguration programme of the Six-Lane Elevated Corridor at Porvorim. Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari attended the programme as chief guest and inaugurated the newly constructed corridor. The agreement was signed in the presence of Goa Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant. Sandip K Prabhu Chodnekar, Principal Chief Engineer, Goa PWD, and Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to the Government of Goa, and Dr Bhimaraya Metri, Director, IIM Nagpur, signed the MoU and exchanged the documents. Under the 12-month project, IIM Nagpur’s CLIP will prepare a Traffic Simulation Model and a Pedestrian Evacuation Model for road networks covering KTC Circle, Divja Circle and Merces Circle in Panaji, as well as Margao and Sanquelim. With this agreement, Goa becomes the third state to collaborate with IIM Nagpur’s CLIP in the broader field of traffic, pedestrian and crowd management.