IBM’s varsity program to reach 65 universities

BANGALORE: IBM has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with

Visveswaraiah Technological University (VTU) to launch the IBM University

program. IBM’s university program, which is its first in India, will cover

over 65 universities including the likes of IITs, IIMs, REC and BITS in Pilani

and Roorkee.

The program, part of a global initiative, has been launched with the

objective of imparting knowledge amongst students on IBM applications and

products.

The agreement between IBM and VTU will take the program to 102 engineering

colleges affiliated with VTU in Karnataka. It would enable all colleges

affiliated to the VTU to incorporate educational programs on IBM software

technologies to support the main course curriculum, electives or projects,

within the framework of the university syllabus.

As part of the initiative, IBM will pump in the capital to provide licensed

versions of cutting edge software like DB2 Universal Database, Webshpere

Application Server family and Visual age for Java. In addition it will also

provide faculty training and facilities for courseware development.

The software and technology that will be used in the program will be the

latest that is being used globally by the scientific, business and industrial

communities. Students will also be provided with an opportunity to get

certification with regard to IBM software technologies that have global

recognition. On completion of this program, students would be qualified to take

IBM's certification tests.