New Delhi: In a bid to eradicate corrosion and create awareness about the effects of corrosion, Jindal Stainless today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Confederation of India Industry (CII) around CII’s National Mission on Corrosion Management. The MoU was mutually signed by Director, Jindal Stainless, Mr Vijay Sharma and Executive Director, Confederation of Indian Industry & Head, CII – Centre of Excellence for Competitiveness, Mr Pikender Pal Singh in the presence of NITI Aayog & Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Dr. V K Saraswat; Additional Secretary, Ministry of Steel, Govt of India, Ms Ruchika Govil; MD, Jindal Stainless, Mr Abhyuday Jindal, and Chairman, CII-Corrosion Management Committee, Dr Kamachi Mudali. Towards this MoU, Jindal Stainless has set aside an initial corpus of INR 2 crore plus.

The primary focus of this MoU is training, capacity building, and skill development with support from government bodies and educational institutes; consulting and advisory, which will include technology gap assessment; projects and research with survey and analysis of infrastructure, and lastly stakeholder engagement to create awareness on the issue.