Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan (SOA) Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with GMR Kamalanga Energy Limited (GKEL), Dhenkanal, to ensure that the students get industrial exposure during their academic career.

According to the MoU, SOA will interact with GKEL for the purpose of getting familiarised with industry-ready problems and live training programmes for students and faculty members. GKEL will support short and long-term training of students of SOA every year.

“SOA will extend academic and research support to GKEL personnel on a case-to-case basis by facilitating their visit to its laboratories and other facilities. In order to fulfil the objective, a number of projects along with ancillary activities like seminars, workshops etc will be organised,” said a media release issued by the SOA.