SOA signs MoU with Phillips Education

Bhubaneswar: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University has signed an MoU with Phillips Education, Phillips Machine Tools India Pvt. Ltd., Navi Mumbai for enabling its faculty and students to familiarise with industry ready problems and live training programmes.

As per the MoU signed here recently, Phillips Education, Phillips Machine Tools India Pvt. Ltd. would seek association with SOA for student and faculty support for short and long term training and 100 per cent placement programme every year.

In order to fulfill the objectives, a number of training and placement programmes with projects along with ancillary activities like seminars and workshops would be identified with clear goals, approaches, deliverables and timeline to be worked out.

SOA’s pro-vice-chancellor Prof Pradipta Kumar Nanda and Phillips Education’s head, sales strategy Kamal Batra signed the MoU.

Prof DN Thattoi, additional dean (Academics), Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER), Dr Sujit Kumar Dash, training and placement head, ITER, Sumit Mitra, head, career development cell, Dr Saroj Kumar Acharya, head, department of mechanical engineering, ITER, Dr Jayadev Bala, professor, department of mechanical engineering, ITER, Dr Sasmeeta Tripathy, associate professor, department of mechanical engineering, ITER, Prasad Auti, manager sales, Phillips Education and M Mathan, manager (Marketing), PINACHO were present.