NEW DELHI: Shri Sivasubramaniya Nadar Educational and Charitable Trust (SSNECT),
a non profit institution founded by HCL Technologies chairman Shiv Nadar, has
announced its collaboration with the Institute for Software Research
International (ISRI) of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to offer software
engineering education in the country. This will be done through the SSN School
of Advanced Software Engineering (SSNSASE) located in Chennai. Under this
collaboration faculty members will also be trained.
SSNSASE will begin offering the courses of the Master of Science in
Information Technology/ Software Engineering (MSIT/SE) degree in India and would
cover other information technology domains which include e- commerce,
networking, security etc.
The course will start in mid September of this year and the first batch would
comprise of 15 to 17 students. The fees for the entire course would be Rs 4 lakh.
In order to provide hands-on practical knowledge, students successful in the
CMU's validation test, at the completion of the course, will be assigned a
three- month real time project in India, followed by a six — month practice at
CMU leading to Master's degree from Carnegie Mellon.
The course is fully residential. It is a nine course skill certification
program which involves five core courses, one preparatory course and three
electives will enable students to acquire technical skills. Speaking on the
occasion Shiv Nadar said, " By partnering with CMU, SSN School of Advanced
Software Engineering will be able to offer high- quality masters courses in
software engineering to the aspiring students in India, at an affordable price
right here in India."