SOA SIGNS MOU WITH WIPRO LTD FOR JOB-ORIENTED TRAINING PROGRAM OF STUDENTS

Bhubaneswar, Nov. 28: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) on
Thursday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Wipro Limited to facilitate
engineering students and fresh graduates of the university to undergo complete knowledge
intensive and job-oriented training program to equip them for the industry.
The collaboration between SOA and Wipro Ltd will help the students to get continuous
learning about the industry and acquire the needed competence and other essential skills for
their personal and professional growth in the industry.
As per the agreement, Wipro Ltd will endeavour to provide valuable domain knowledge
and learning to groom the students and fresh graduates of Institute of Technical Education and
Research (ITER), faculty of engineering and technology of SOA, while the university will
encourage the students to undergo the training and extend support to the company to conduct
the program.
The purpose of the MoU is to collaborate and promote the students and fresh graduates
to help them learn and acquire critical skills which will improve their employability and make
them industry ready. This will also help the students to understand the different career
opportunities offered by Wipro Ltd and other industries.
Wipro Ltd had launched several programs in ITER in the past including Fast Forward,
Innovate, Learning in a Box, Mission10x and Talent Next.
The MoU was signed by Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda, Vice-Chancellor of SOA, and Mr.
Sandesh Kumar, General Manager and Global Head, Campus Hiring of Wipro Ltd.
Among others, Prof. Pradip Kumar Sahoo, Dean, ITER, Prof. P.K. Patra, Dean, Sponsored
Research and Industrial Consultancy, SOA, Mr. Satyabrat Kar, Delivery Head, Wipro
Engineering, Prof. Jyoti Ranjan Das, Dean (Students’ Welfare), SOA, Mr. Pramod Kumar Panda,
Chief Administrative Officer, SOA, Prof. Dhirendranath Thatoi, Additional Dean, Academics,
ITER, Dr. Raj Kumar Hota, Additional Dean, Corporate Relations and Placement, SOA, Dr. Bibhu
Mohanty, Head of Department, Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), ITER and Dr.
Sarada Pati, Deputy Head of Department, Computer Science and Engineering, ITER were
present.

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