Hewlett-Packard has announced an initiative to train students on upcoming technologies through a nationwide free training program targeting students of the top universities and engineering colleges in India. | |
| This is a voluntary initiative led by the employees of HP Systems Technology and Software Division (STSD) under the aegis of their University Program. |
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| According to a statement from HP, this program is targeted to train more than 300 students on some of the latest technologies like advanced UNIX, software engineering processes, project life cycle management and others. |
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| As part of the ongoing 'Industry-Academia initiative', HP has set up a 'University Program Office' in Bangalore to identify, establish and manage relationships with leading engineering colleges and universities. |
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| The program is designed so that the students are engaged with industry professionals at the beginning of their fifth semester and will continue the relationship till the end of their curriculum. |
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| The objective of the program is to identify talent at an early stage, nurture them and equip them to handle projects in a professional environment. |
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| HP-STSD has started this program with PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore, with Advanced UNIX course, followed by JSS, Bangalore. Currently, it is conducting Software engineering course for more than 10 colleges all over India. |
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| The University Program Office enrolls students from leading institutions in India like the BITS Pilani, IIITB, RV College of Engineering, BMS College of Engineering, JCE Mysore, JSS, Bangalore, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, MIET Jammu, NIE Mysore, and Kurukshetra Rourkel, among others, and provides student project opportunities after providing these training. |
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| "As a part of the training program, HP will bring forth the industry expertise and domain knowledge and share a common platform with the students to update and train them on the next generation technology concepts in the Indian IT industry" said, K M Shyamkrishna, general manager, Hewlett Packard India Software Operation. |
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| "In the long run, we aim to integrate this program as an elective subject of the universities course," he added. |
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