July 31 2008, Patiala
Wipro has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Thapar University, Patiala to take its ongoing collaboration with the Institution to the next level. This MoU is the first of its kind that Wipro is signing in Punjab.
Wipro has chosen to partner with Thapar University as it is one of the premier engineering institutes in the country. The MoU envisages a set of planned activities and interactions addressing various stakeholders namely students, faculty and the management. These activities and interactions include faculty development programs, technical sponsorships and student workshops and many more. For instance, one of the programs is a student workshop that is structured with the primary goal of emphasizing on the importance of creative thinking that is paramount to succeeding in corporate world today.
Commenting on the occasion Mr. Pradeep Bahirwani, Vice President - Strategic Resourcing said,
“the objective of this MoU is to build industry-academia relationship and empower students to gear up for the challenges of the corporate world."
Dr. K.K. Raina, Deputy Director, Thapar University highlighted various steps taken by TU to enhance industry-institute interaction. He also applauded Wipro for being the leading IT Firm and campus recruiters.
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