Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) signed a memorandum of understanding with Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani here today. The MoU, which focuses on strengthening industry-academic interface with the objective of fostering collaboration between the two institutions to promote academic and research interactions, was signed by Mr. S.P. Patnaik, Executive Director (HRD), Management Training Institute, SAIL, and Prof. G. Sundar, Dean, Practice School Division, BITS, in the presence of SAIL Director (Personnel) Mr. G. Ojha.
Under the MoU, SAIL will provide opportunities for students of BITS from its various campuses to gain practical knowledge through on-the-job exposure and real-life problems being faced at the workplace in the form of projects which add value to their learning requirements. On its part, BITS will help in providing SAIL employees opportunities to upgrade their educational base by offering customised programmes in disciplines that are most relevant to SAIL through Work Integrated Learning Programmes. BITS will also provide faculty support to SAIL in developing the knowledge base of its employees by offering short-term programmes that will enable strong foundations for imbibing new technologies in these areas. In addition, BITS will invite experts in SAIL to share their experiences with the students of BITS’s regular as well as executive programmes.
SAIL’s Management Training Institute (MTI) has earlier entered into MoUs with IIM-Ahmedabad, IIM-Indore, MDI-Gurgaon, ISMU-Dhanbad, SKF Bearings Ltd., Siemens Ltd. and Bosch Rexroth. Inking of the MoU with BITS-Pilani is another significant milestone in the HRD efforts of SAIL in collaborating with leading institutions of the country which have global presence.
