Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh has signed an MOU with IIT Jammu. Prof. Baldev Setia, Director PEC with his team including Dean Faculty Affairs, Head SRIC, Head SEIMENS labs, Coordinator EIC and other faculty members visited various laboratories and research facilities at IIT Jammu. Prof. Arun K. Singh, Head SRIC presented the achievements of PEC in research and academics. Director of IIT Jammu, Prof. Manoj Gaur, along with Deans and Heads of Departments welcomed the team PEC and presented the academics, research and other activities. The key points of the MOU are an early PhD Programme under various departments of the institutes, sharing of high end research facilities such as XRD, RAMAN, HRTEM etc. and various academic collaborations. The representatives of various departments of PEC had interactions with their counterparts at IIT Jammu and visited their lab facilities. The highlight of the interaction was deliberations on the Entrepreneurship and Incubation Cell at PEC and setting up a State of the Art Facility for the cell inspired by Idea Factory and Incubation cell at IIT Jammu.