Hyderabad|India|August'2011:Infotech
Enterprises Ltd, a leading Global Engineering Services company, signed an
MoU with Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) today. The MoU
was signed by Mr. B. Ashok Reddy, President – Global HR and Corporate
Affairs, Infotech Enterprises Limited and Prof. U. B. Desai, Director,
Indian Institute of Technology-Hyderabad, in a ceremony held at the
Manikonda facility of Infotech.
Infotech signed its first ever MoU with Indian Institute of Technology in
pursuit of its goal in enabling Technical institutes produce high-quality
and ready-to-employ talent. Besides, the unique feature of this MoU is
that, it enables Infotech undertake joint R&D and consultancy projects
with the involvement of faculty members of IIT-H.
Through this MoU the students of IIT-H would gain industrial exposure,
internships, industrial visits and they can get engaged in live projects
at Infotech. Infotech will also nominate its experts as adjunct faculty
and in organizing special technical lectures at IIT-H campus. In addition,
Infotech would extend its support in designing the curriculum for Under
Graduate and Post Graduate programs in order to enable the institute align
with industry requirements.
Mr. B.V.R. Mohan Reddy, Chairman and Managing Director, Infotech
Enterprises Ltd, said, “Strong R&D capabilities and quality technical
talent would be the key differentiators for success of the Indian
Engineering services Industry in the competitive global arena. We need to
create a strong eco-system for the industry and the academia to cooperate
for the benefit of all stake holders – students, faculty, industry and
society. This association with IIT-H is a step in the right direction”.
Mr. B. Ashok Reddy, President – Global HR and Corporate Affairs, Infotech
Enterprises Limited said, “This MoU reinforces our commitment to share our
engineering domain expertise with the institute to nurture quality talent.
Besides, it lays emphasis on undertaking joint R&D and consultancy
projects with IIT-H”.
Prof. U. B. Desai, Director, IIT, Hyderabad said, “We are a very young
institute and it is an honor to have an MoU with Infotech, which is one of
the leading companies in Engineering Services which has a global presence.
IIT-Hyderabad believes that this MoU with Infotech will provide a window
of opportunity for our students to widen their horizon and stay connected
to the requirement of the industry thereby enhancing their career
prospects”.
Infotech’s campus connect initiative paves way for a two way association
with the institutions – to enrich the quality of technical education
imparted to the students and creating a talent pool for Infotech and the
industry to absorb. Infotech has been actively promoting partnership
between the Industry and Institution by signing MoUs with JNTU Kakinada,
SNIST Hyderabad, CIPET Hyderabad, MLRIT Hyderabad and Andhra Polytechnic
College from Kakinada.
