The mutually beneficial partnership is a part of the Volvo Group's Academic Partner Program (APP), a global initiative that provides students an opportunity to gain industry experience and at the same time enhances the Volvo Group's ability to develop and recruit top talent.
“Our Preferred Talent Partnership agreement with the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal offers students the opportunity to gain hands-on real-world experience and enhances Industry-Academia initiatives which are of mutual interest”, said. Kerstin Renard, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Volvo Group.
“Our Preferred Talent Partnerships around the world strengthen our ability to establish long-term relationship with select universities which we view as sources of top talent, both in the near and long term, for various disciplines vital to the Volvo Group”.
The National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal (NITK, Surathkal) has been selected because of its academic standing, student diversity, international affiliations and research programs, among other criteria.
“NITK, Surathkal is a premier academic institute in India; its academic program strongly aligns with the needs of the Volvo Group as we look to achieve our vision of becoming the world leader in sustainable transport solutions with pioneering products and services”, said Mr. Philippe Divry, President, Volvo India Pvt Ltd & Board Member VE Commercial Vehicles Limited.
“NITK Surathkal is now in the process of getting integrated with requirements from industrial and societal sectors in the global arena – and collaborative programs with several premier industrial houses have already been formalized in this perspective. The partnership between NITK-Surathkal and Volvo Group is aimed at providing a strong platform to build a long-term mutually beneficial industry-academia relationship. We expect our partnership with the Volvo Group to result in further capability building among our students and an innovation driven research oriented approach from a Talent Partnership standpoint, which would help address challenging problems of the automotive sector in today's fast changing global environment.” said Prof Swapan Bhattacharya, Director, NITK.
Through this partnership NITK, Surathkal becomes the Volvo Group's ninth Preferred Talent Partner worldwide and the first in India. Other Preferred Talent Partner universities are – Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; University of Gothenburg – School of Business, Economics & Law, Sweden; Tsinghua University, China; Tongji University, China; EMLyon, France; INSA Lyon, France; NC State University, US; and Penn State University, US.
Volvo Group
The Volvo Group is one of the world's leading manufacturers of trucks, buses, construction equipment and marine and industrial engines. The Group also provides complete solutions for financing and service. The Volvo Group, which employs about 115,000 people, has production facilities in 18 countries and sells its products in more than 190 markets.
Volvo Group has three legal entities in India - Volvo India Pvt Ltd, Volvo Buses India Pvt Ltd and the joint venture VE Commercial Vehicles. Almost all of Volvo Group activities and businesses are represented in India.
National Institute of Technology Karnataka
National Institute of Technology Karnataka is an institute of National Importance, as per the Act of Parliament, engaged in technical education since 1960 at UG, PG & PhD levels. It offers undergraduate degrees in nine disciplines of engineering, Master's degree in twenty nine areas of Science, Engineering & Management, and PhD in all fourteen departments.
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