Samsung signs collaboration agreement with IIIT-B

VARINDIA- INDIA'S FRONTLINE IT MAGAZINE

 

With the objective of promoting academic and research interactions for industry-centric knowledge and skill development, a collaboration agreement has been signed between IIIT- Bangalore and Samsung R&D Institute India, Bangalore at the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore campus. The agreement was signed by Professor S. Sadagopan, Director of IIIT Bangalore, and Dr Jason Dongwon Kwak, Managing Director, SRI-B. 

With this agreement, IIIT-B would run educational programs to meet the human resources development needs of Samsung leading to specific degrees of IIIT-Bangalore through its Work Integrated Learning Programs.

The educational programs conducted under this collaborative arrangement will offer the employees of Samsung an opportunity to enhance their academic qualifications and synergize theory and practice on a sustained basis so as to be multi-skilled with exposure to upcoming technological areas.

Dr Jason Kwak, Managing Director, SRI-B, said, "This collaboration will create an opportunity for some of the best minds engaged in academia and at Samsung to come together to identify and create relevant solutions in the areas of engineering and research. We look forward to exploring this relationship and are excited about the promise it holds for both parties.

Professor S. Sadagopan stated, "We, at IIIT Bangalore, are very pleased with the launch of this program. We look forward to working with Samsung, a company that is a global leader and hope to co-create well-thought-out solutions for next-generation challenges.......See More