The IIT-Kharagpur on Tuesday said it has joined hand with three US 'Ivy League' universities for a water urbanism project at Varanasi to conduct an interdisciplinary study of infrastructure, healthcare and hydrology of the region. A 50-member team of students, research scholars and academicians from the three universities would be collaborating with the students here between January 5 to January 14 this year and run workshops under the auspices of Varanasi Nigam and varied other organisations, said a press release issued by the institution.