The Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, in Ranchi has entered into a collaboration with Adrosonic IT Consultancy Services Private Limited, Mumbai, to set up a Digital Innovation Lab that will act as a catalyst in capacity-building by focusing on emerging areas of technology.
The lab will train students in cutting-edge technologies such as Robotic Process Automation, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Augmented, Virtual reality and Cloud software.
Adrosonic, an IT consulting firm with operations across the globe (India, UK, USA, Latin America), intends to select students every year for internships and make pre-placement offers to join their research and innovation unit.
BIT Mesra vice-chancellor Indranil Manna who was the chief guest spoke about the importance of innovation-led growth at the MoU signing. Adrosonic CEO Mayank shared his vision of technology and innovation-led development across multiple sectors.
The MoU was signed between BIT registrar Mesra Sukhpal Singh Khetarpal and Adrosonic COO Sonal.
BIT Mesra senior faculty C. Jeganathan shared his vision for research, innovation and entrepreneurship. Head of QMO at Adrosonic, Neeraj, briefed everyone on the goals of Digital Innovation Lab.
Soumyen Sikdar, head of Centre for Quantitative Economics and Data Science, spoke about the initiatives of the centre.