Indian Navy & IISc Bengaluru Signed MoU

Current Context: The Indian Navy and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on September 22, 2023 for technical collaboration and joint research and development in the field of engineering related to defence technologies.

• The MoU was signed by Rear Admiral K Srinivas, Asst Chief of Materiel (Dockyard & Refit) on behalf of the Navy and Captain Shridhar Warrier (Retd), Registrar IISc and Prof B Gurumoorthy, Director FSID Bengaluru.
• The MoU aims to promote academic cooperation, enhance scientific understanding, solve field level issues, expand equipment vendor base and provide effective training through exchange of faculty/ guest lectures.
• The collaboration between the Indian Navy and IISc has already resulted in the development of future-ready Transcritical carbon dioxide (CO2) based AC plants working on natural refrigerants.
• The technology is a major breakthrough for phasing out halon synthetic refrigerants and is indigenously designed and developed. This MoU is the formal basis for the continued collaboration to develop such technology solutions in the near future.

Question:

Q.1 When was the MoU signedIndian Navy and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru for technical collaboration?
a. September 12, 2023
b. September 22, 2023
c. September 23, 2023
d. September 24, 2023