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IBM launches Blue Scholar Program

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BANGALORE, INDIA: IBM India Research Laboratory today unveiled the IBM Blue Scholar Program.

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This program aims to nurture exceptionally talented engineering graduates and postgraduate students from leading technical institutions in India, such as the Indian Institute of Technology and the Indian Institute of Science, and build a robust pipeline for future researchers in the region, said a press release.

“The IBM Blue Scholar Program is aimed at growing that rare talent that blooms in a scientifically challenging atmosphere,” said Dr. Manish Gupta, associate director, IBM India Research Laboratory.

“We are targeting the brightest students from India who will be exposed to exciting research environment, given opportunities to do leading edge, impactful work with guidance from senior researchers, and will be encouraged to pursue a career in scientific and technological research,” he added.

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The IBM Blue Scholar Program will provide the brightest of the technical students in India with the means to pursue advanced research in information technology with the potential to make a profound impact, said the release.

Targeted at developing the most talented graduates in computing and services disciplines each year, these exclusive appointments will be initially for a period of two years.

At end of the two-year appointment, the Blue Scholars could be offered a regular job with IBM Research, enrollment in Employee PhD program, conversion to Research Staff Member upon completion of PhD, or the option of pursuing other opportunities outside IBM, the release added.

"The Blue Scholars will work closely with the IBM worldwide research teams, immersed within a real-world innovation culture and drive the delivery of a wide spectrum of technology solutions," said Dr. Guruduth Banavar, Director, IBM India Research Laboratory.

“They will work closely with global research teams in top university labs, publish papers and engage in a challenging atmosphere that stimulates these collaborations to pursue breakthrough thinking mixed with scientific rigor,” he said.

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