By IANS
Hyderabad : Wipro Technologies Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with University College of Engineering, Osmania University, (OUCOE) to strengthen industry-academia relationship, the company disclosed here Friday.
The MoU is the first of its kind that Wipro has signed in south India. Wipro has chosen to partner with OUCOE as it is one of the oldest and premier engineering institutes in the country, Wipro said in its statement.
“The objective of this MoU is to build industry-academia relationship and empower students to gear up for the challenges of corporate world,” said Pradeep Bahirwani, vice president, strategic resourcing, Wipro Technologies.
“UCEOU seeks to foster close relationships with the market leaders in the field of IT in areas of embedded systems, IT, VLSI etc and start dedicated PG Diploma and certificate programs. Our partnership with Wipro Technologies will definitely give our students and the faculty an added advantage to our existing facilities and expertise in imparting technical education,” said, D. N. Reddy, principal, UCEOU.
The MoU envisages a set of planned interventions addressing various stakeholders, namely students, faculty and the management. The interventions include faculty development programs, technical sponsorships and student workshops.
There will be student workshops with the goal of building appreciation amongst students on the importance of creative thinking to succeed in corporate world.