SAP signs MoU with IIM-B

BANGALORE:

SAP

India and Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) have signed a

Memorandum of Understanding work together in areas of common interest.






The alliance was signed, during the India visit of Henning Kagermann, CEO and
chairman of the Executive Board, SAP AG. Alan Sedghi, president and CEO, SAP

Indian Sub Continent and Professor Shyamal Roy, Dean - Academic, IIMB signed the

MoU.






SAP would
support IIMB's Centre for Enterprise Resource Planning, whilst IIMB's faculty

would collaborate with SAP in the creation, sharing and dissemination of

knowledge. Through this vehicle (the Centre for

Enterprise

Resource Planning) both



SAP and IIMB intend to take the extent of their collaboration to a higher

level, and would include conducting industry specific national and international

conferences and workshops, and roundtable discussions.






There would be a special focus on working with Government (Central, State and
Local) ministries and departments with a view towards ushering in more

meaningful E-Governance. It would also help organizations make the transition

into business environments that incorporate the latest in IT with the

appropriate business solutions platform.






“The partnership between
SAP

and IIMB is an endeavor to enable senior executives and officials in Governments

to effectively harness the enormous potential that integrated and innovative

technology solutions deliver for the good of all stakeholders — citizens,

business and administrators,” said Alan Sedghi, president and CEO, SAP Indian

Sub Continent.






“IIMB is both a producer as well as a disseminator of knowledge, and hence we
feel our partnership with them will offer real value to technocrats, managers

and governments in charting out India's E-Governance future.” said Henning

Kagermann, CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board, SAP AG on the SAP — IIMB

partnership.






SAP's constant endeavor across the years has been to engage with universities on
initiatives to bring technology into the class room as well as to sponsor

studies to research and evaluate opportunities that innovative software

solutions offer to firms. SAP University Alliances Program is a one such global

endeavor that provides university faculty members with the tools and resources

necessary to teach students how technology can enable integrated business

processes and strategic thinking -- and gives students the skills to add

immediate value to the marketplace. The India chapter of SAP University

Alliances Program, launched in 2004, has 12 lading institutes as member schools

as of today.






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