UST Global Partners With IIT Palakkad

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/ -- For Joint R&D in cutting-edge technologies like AI/ML and Brain-Machine Interface
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Commenting on the MoU, Alexander Varghese, Chief Administrative Officer and Country Head, UST Global, said, "At UST Global, we are focused on building an Innovation ecosystem with deep partnerships with the academia and start-ups, to solve business problems of our Fortune 500 customers. We are happy to join hands with IIT Palakkad, and offer a platform to their B.Tech students for joint R&D on new-age technologies. We are certain this will help the students get right exposure to kick-start their career in Technology."
Dr. Vinod A Prasad, Dean of Industry Collaboration & Sponsored Research, IIT-PKD , emphasized, "Our collaboration with UST Global's Infinity Labs will not only help our undergraduate students to get exposure to the latest knowhow in industry and practical training but also to enable technological innovations that answer real-world problems and address future needs of industry. The first batch of IIT-PKD students selected for UST Global's internship programme are excited to work on various interdisciplinary research areas related to Industrial Robotics & Automation. We are sure that the internship experience will help them prepare well for taking up more challenging industry problems in their future career. We hope that the collaboration of IIT-PKD with UST Global will go long way bringing fruitful research outcomes that will benefit the society."
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First Published: Nov 30 2018 | 1:15 PM IST