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IT services company, Satyam Computer Services, and The University of Melbourne (MU), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to train and employ Melbourne Information and Communication Technology students.
The MoU was signed by Rama Raju, Satyam’s CEO
and co-founder, and Professor Vijoleta Braach-Maksvytis, deputy
vice-chancellor, The University of Melbourne.
“This alliance will enable up to 10 MU students to undertake a software
development internship with Satyam each year,” said Virender Aggarwal,
Satyam's director and senior vice president, RBU APAC & MEIA.
“Additionally, Satyam will recruit as many as 20 software engineers
from the university every year.”
Program participants will undergo a three-month training course in
India and China, Raju added. Upon completion of the program, Satyam
will place them on projects in Australia, or one of its other 55 global
locations.
According to Satyam, the alliance enables both parties to carry out
joint research projects and creates opportunities for Satyam executives
to deliver guest lectures about the company’s core competencies to MU
ICT students. In addition, both organisations will invest in
collaborative research on futuristic IT solutions such as grid
computing.
Professor Braach-Maksvytis called the alliance a major coup for the
university, and for Melbourne. “We are very pleased and excited to have
this formal collaboration with Satyam,” she said. “Our students will
have the opportunity for internships with Satyam, which will expose
them to real-world problems in a commercial environment. It will
clearly benefit both organisations.”
Braach-Maksvytis also said MU looks forward to much closer
collaboration and stronger research ties with Satyam, as well as
opportunities for ICT knowledge transfer. “It is good to know that a
company of Satyam’s caliber recognises the potential we have here in
Australia. For example, Satyam has set up its largest Global
Development Centre outside India here in Melbourne, and collaborated
with Australian academia before.”
Last year, Satyam embarked on a similar initiative with the Victoria
University. Students received intensive software training on the latest
technology and were assigned to onsite and offshore projects, most of
which involved data warehousing.
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