Bhubaneswar, March 22: Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan Deemed to be University (SOA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with KFin Technologies Limited of Hyderabad here on Friday for fostering talent development, promote industry-academia collaboration and local hiring.

KFin Technologies Limited, which is in the business of providing Financial Services, IT and ITeS-related services, is committed to foster skill development, promote knowledge sharing and create employment opportunities for students.

The MoU, which will remain in force for 60 months, will enable holding of workshops and skill building programs for students, explore internship and pre-placement opportunities for them and hire skilled local talent to strengthen its workforce.

It will also support faculty development programs and industry-research initiatives. Both parties will collaborate on co-branded academic programs. Besides, the collaboration will strengthen industry-academia relationship for future research and development.

The MoU was signed by Prof. Pradipta Kumar Nanda, Vice-Chancellor of SOA and  Sujay Puthran, Chief People Officer of KFin Technologies Limited. Prof. Prasanta Kumar Patra, SOA’s Dean, Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy (SRIC), Ripti Ranjan Dash, Director, Industry Engagement and Corporate Relations, Abhisek Patnaik, Senior Manager, Corporate Relations and Dr. Mohammed Abdul Razaque, Faculty In-charge, Training and Placement were present.

Venkata Giri Vonkayala, Chief Technical Officer and Subarna Mishra, Vice-President and Head of Data and Analytics-IT represented KFin Technologies Limited at the MoU signing ceremony.