University of Alberta and TCS sign global partnership
SOURCE: Consultant News
DATE: June 16th, 2008
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The agreement encourages collaboration between University of Alberta researchers and students and the more than 110,000 employees of Tata Consultancy Services, which has operations in more than 50 countries across the globe. The agreement also further connects the U of A with India, a country with one of the world’s fastest growing economies.
University of Alberta President Indira Samarasekera calls this partnership truly exceptional for a Canadian university.
“Tata Consultancy Services is a key part of one of the most significant global business groups, and this commitment allows for countless research and learning opportunities for our students and researchers to work with and learn from TCS’s worldwide pool of experts,” said Samarasekera.
With this collaboration, the opportunity for international internships and training programs for U of A students will increase as they will now have access to TCS’s operations in many business sectors, including engineering services, research and development, and information technology. There will also be prospects for research exchanges between TCS’s industry professionals and the U of A’s researchers and students.
“A memorandum such as this is an indication of Tata Consultancy Services’ commitment not only to the University of Alberta, but also to the academic, social and business infrastructure of Canada as a whole,” said Mukesh Gupta, head of the academic interaction program for TCS in Canada. “In particular, some of the joint research efforts already under way in areas such as nanotechnology and high-performance computing, are of special interest to the petroleum industry in Alberta.”
Together, Tata Consultancy Services and University of Alberta will strive to enhance the relations between India and Canada and explore ways of expanding the U of A’s India-based courses, including its newly created course on modern India. There will also be potential partnerships and opportunities for Edmonton’s thriving and vibrant Indo-Canadian community.
“In India highly adaptable, collaborative partnerships have changed how post-secondary institutions and multinational conglomerates, such as the Tata Group, work together,” said Samarasekera. “This partnership brings the University of Alberta, and also the province of Alberta, much closer to becoming a major centre of research excellence.”
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