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l-r: Chief Executive Officer of CARIRI, Mr
Liaquat Ali Shah and Manager of the Engineering Institute of the University of
the West Indies, Professor Clement Imbert
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On
Wednesday 3rd August, 2016, CARIRI and the Engineering Institute of
The University of the West Indies signed an historic Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) which will see greater collaboration between the two
institutions. The general intent of both
parties is to cooperate in the areas of Research, Development and Innovation,
Entrepreneurship and Development and Commercialisation.
The
primary objective of this MOU will be a focus on design, manufacture,
calibration and marketing of electronic/precision engineered
products/instruments and the establishment of joint training and
entrepreneurship development initiatives under this partnership.
Signing
the MOU on behalf of the Engineering Institute was the Manager, Professor
Clement Imbert and Chief Executive Officer Mr Liaquat Ali Shah represented
CARIRI. Both men accepted the new
challenges that lay before both organizations but were looking forward to the
collaborative efforts that will see real benefit to Trinidad and Tobago and the
region.
Both
CARIRI and the Engineering Institute have highly trained staff and the latest
technological instruments which will see more accurate inventions and ideas
coming to the forefront as the partnership takes effect.
CARIRI
has established an Idea Advisory Service (IAS) over the last year and this is a
free service offered to the general public and it allows people to come in with
an idea and have it put through a series of tests to determine if it is
commercially viable. The IAS has been
gaining traction over the last few months and this new MOU with the Engineering
Institute fits in with CARIRI’s overall thrust of highlighting creativity being
implemented (innovation) in the diversification of the economy.
For
over 40 years, CARIRI’s multimillion dollar, modern laboratories with -
state-of-the-art equipment - together with our highly trained specialist
professionals, technologists, technicians, consultants and researchers have
been helping Caribbean industries, businesses and small entrepreneurs grow,
while keeping the environment safe. CARIRI is not only about general research
rather it is about applied research and with the signing of this new MOU, the
possibilities for application are endless.
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Signing of the MOU
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