Wipro, VTU to improve employability of students

IT major Wipro has tied up with Visveswaraiah Techn-ological University (VTU), Karnataka’s biggest technology university, to enhance the employability of graduating engineers, as part of its Mission 10X prgramme. Mission10X is a not-for-profit trust launc-hed by Wipro. The MoU is for a period of three years.

As part of the tie-up, VTU would allow faculty across Karnataka to have interactions through EDU-SAT. Selvan D, senior VP — talent transformation, Wip-ro, said, “This partnership will provide a platform to encourage innovative thinking in the faculty, which will generate enthusiasm in engineering graduates.”

“There lies a huge gap between academia and industry requirement. Getting the right people for the industry is becoming very difficult. We aim to train the students through the faculty on logical, analogical and interpersonal skills,” said S Nagarjuna, GM and head of Mission 10X.

Wipro also announced a new initiative to strengthen its consulting and customer management skills of its employees, by starting a consulting academy in the US.