The Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar (IIT-Gandhinagar) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Vivekananda Institute Of Professional Studies Technical Campus (VIPS-TC).

This partnership has been drawn to establish a strategic partnership focused at fostering innovation, academic excellence, and research collaboration in the field of Information Technology and related disciplines.

Under this agreement, the institutes will also launch Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral programmes at VIPS-TC. Some internships programmes, special training programmes, faculty support, guidance in infrastructure development, and joint organisation of seminars, conferences, workshops on topics of mutual interest will also be launched.

With this partnership, experts are hoping to create and promote opportunities for faculty members and students from both institutions to work together on cutting-edge technological advancements and address the emerging challenges in the IT sector. The idea behind this partnership is to “to nurture the students in futuristic technologies for the addressing the global requirements of Industrial Revolution 4.0,” said Vineet Vats, Vice-Chairman, VIPS-TC.

According to Prof. Rajat Moona, Director, IIT Gandhinagar, “This MoU benefits everyone, including the students at VIPS-TC, VIPS institute, IIT-Gandhinagar, and society as a whole. Our motto prioritizes the students’ benefit. The MoU’s scope goes beyond improving education quality and inviting faculty and students to IIT Gandhinagar for internships. It also includes offering VIPS-TC students a semester-long program as visitors to IIT Gandhinagar. The NEP 2020 enables this mixed education mode through the academic bank of credits, a common repository for transferring credits between institutions. The implementation is overseen by the NeGD of the Ministry of IT.”