Zensar Technologies Ltd, an IT-BPO services company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Hubei Province of China to extend its global delivery platform to support academic institutions in the province. | |
| The MoU is a framework for cooperation whereby Zensar will set up a centre of excellence (CoE) on the campuses of academic institutions to train students with innovative tools and techniques in the IT and BPO industry. |
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| The company plans to extend this programme to 33 colleges in the Hubei Province and train a total of 1,00,000 students over the next three years. |
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| NXP funds research in India |
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| NXP Semiconductors has signed an agreement with IIT-Delhi to fund research activities in India. NXP and IIT-Bombay are also working towards a formal agreement, after which the company will become a member of the very large-scale integration (VLSI) research consortium at IIT-Bombay. |
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| Under its existing academic relations programme, NXP Semiconductors will spend $1.5 million over a period of five years. This will be used for building a potential talent and research pool for the emerging semiconductor market in India. |
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| The fund will be used to carry out research programmes for industry-specific technologies and applications like mobile communications, connectivity and automotive electronics. NXP also plans to set up a digital media lab in a technical institute in approximately six months. |
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| Accel Frontline Ltd, JNU tie up |
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| Chennai-based Accel Frontline Ltd, an IT services company, has announced the signing of a partnership agreement with Jawaharlal Nehru University to develop software-based solutions and applications for the latter's e-governance cell. |
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| The cell will involve digitisation of all the processes and procedures related to administration and admission. |
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