Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for academic collaboration with Birla Institute of Management and Technology (BIMTECH), Greater Noida and Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad and is also entering into an agreement with International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore, for endowment of SAIL Chair, on January 14, 2010 in the presence of Shri G Ojha, Director (Personnel), SAIL. The MoUs were signed with the focus of strengthening Industry-Academic interface keeping the objective of fostering collaboration between the two institutions to promote academic and research interactions.
The MoU with IIIT was signed by Prof. S Sadagopan, Director, IIIT, Bangalore, while the MoUs with BIMTECH and IMT were signed by Prof. Dr. Anupam Varma, Deputy Director, BIMTECH and Dr B D Singh, Dean (MDP & Consulting), IMT, Ghaziabad. On behalf of SAIL, the MoUs were signed by Shri S P Patnaik, Executive Director (HRD)/ SAIL MTI.
Other senior executives present on the occasion were Shri A S Mathur, Executive Director I/c RDCIS, SAIL, Shri N Neogi, Executive Director, SSO, SAIL and Shri M R Panda, General Manager (HRD), MTI. Prof. Rajagopalan, Professor, IIIT, Bangalore, Dr Rahul Singh, Professor, BIMTECH, Greater Noida and Prof. Anand Khanna, IMT Ghaziabad, senior executives from MTI, RDCIS, CET and SSO, colleagues from MTI, were also present on the occasion.
These collaborations are aimed at fostering a strong bond between academia and industry which will contribute to faster industrial growth within the country and also add to sustained growth for both SAIL and these academic institutions. These collaborations will help SAIL immensely in opening up new horizons of knowledge for its executives and will also provide practical insights to the students of these institutions who will get rare opportunity to learn the working of a giant steel industry which is the pride of nation. This is another step forward by Management Training Institute (MTI) in its continual efforts to enhance its quality of academics to world class standards by sharing knowledge and expertise with these reputed management and IT institutions.
SAIL/ MTI has already entered into MoU with reputed academic institutions like IIM-Ahmedabad, IIM-Indore and MDI-Gurgaon, technical institutes like ISMU-Dhanbad and BITS, Pilani and technological leaders like SKF Ltd., Siemen Ltd. and Bosch Rexroth. Inking MoU with IIIT, Bangalore, BIMTECH, Greater Noida and IMT, Ghaziabad is another significant milestone in HRD efforts of Management Training Institute (MTI) of SAIL in collaborating with leading institutions of the country which has global presence.
