AICTE in association with INAE has launched a DVP programme for the promotion of industry-institute interaction by stimulating knowledge transfer from industry to academia and vice versa to synergize industrial experience with technical education. Under the programme, distinguished visiting professors who are eminent scholars/experts in their field working with an industry or R&D organization will visit the higher educational institutes to deliver mentoring sessions and lectures on the state-of-art of industry and its R&D needs.