Infy signs MoU with Singapore management varsity

MYSORE, INDIA: Indian IT provider Infosys Limited today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore Management University (SMU).

The MoU was signed by Professor Steven Miller, dean, SMU School of Information Systems, and Srikantan Moorthy, senior vice-president and group head, Education & Research, Infosys Limited.

Under this agreement, Infosys Education & Research and SMU’s School of Information Systems would work together to develop training program content for Infosys employees as well as case studies and learning labs for SMU’s Bachelor of Science (IS Management) and Master of IT in Business degree programs, said a press release.

The MoU signed between both the parties shall be effective for a period of three years.

In addition to co-creating training content and curriculum material, the MoU provides for Infosys and Singapore Management University to jointly conduct seminars and tutorials in person or through conferencing, to facilitate faculty and professional staff visits to their counterparts’ offices, campuses and locations, and for collaboration on research and pedagogy projects of mutual interest to Infosys and SMU, the release added.

Moorthy said, "We are excited about this partnership as this opens up new areas of cooperation between academia and the IT industry to enhance the reach of quality education."

He added that the company had always aimed to provide world class training, education and research facilities to all its employees and this collaboration was a step towards strengthening their efforts in this direction.

"The SMU School of Information Systems and Infosys have completed a series of joint projects over the past five years that have produced innovative content for our respective education and training programs," noted Miller.

He said that this MoU builds on this solid foundation, and takes their relationship to the next level. With this new agreement, they will continue to demonstrate better ways of training working professionals and students about applying IT in business settings, and about the management aspects of using IT to create business value.