To encourage greater interaction between the industry and academia and promote the culture of research and innovation in academic institutes, CII Telangana & Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTUH) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) here on Saturday.

According to V Rajanna, Chairman CII Telangana & Vice President & Global Head-Technology Business Unit, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the MoU will facilitate regular interaction between the industry & academia. It will promote technology product development by enabling ideation, experimentation and prototype development.

CII will also facilitate Faculty Development Programs on the newer technologies of interest so that the faculty is well trained in advance.

A Venugopal Reddy, Vice-Chancellor of JNTUH, said that the University in its endevour to improve quality and relevance of Engineering graduates is launching University wide R&D and Innovation initiative called J-Hub.

The MoU would help Researchers and engineering graduates work on Industry relevant products and applied research in problems of Industry and societal relevance, he added.

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