IIT-Madras, Renault Nissan to offer Internships Opportunities for BS Students

  • IIT Madras will launch more internships and placement opportunities for BS Degree students, which is being actively pursued by 35,000 students.

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) is joining hands with Renault Nissan Technology and Business Centre India Pvt. Ltd. (Renault Nissan Tech) for talent development and innovation. Through this partnership, IIT Madras will launch more internships and placement opportunities for BS Degree Students, which is being actively pursued by 35,000 students.

In the past, Renault Nissan Tech and IIT Madras have collaborated several times, such as:

  • Engagement with IIT Madras BS students through Renault Nissan Tech’s senior professionals who volunteered 140+ hours as Viva examiners for Machine Learning Practice Project (at diploma level) and leadership talk on ‘Explainable AI’.
  • Offered internship to three students which got converted to full-time positions at Renault Nissan Tech.
  • IIT Madras faculty participation in ‘Living with AI’ panel discussion hosted by Renault Nissan Tech.
  • Over 300+ Renault Nissan Tech professionals have taken IITM CODE programmes in eMobility, 3D Printing, Supply Chain, Machine Learning, AI, HR Analytics, and others.
  • Merit-cum-means scholarship to 300 students with annual family income of less than Rs 5 lakh per annum.

The MoU was signed at IIT Madras campus in the presence of Prof Prathap Haridoss, Dean (Academic Courses), IIT Madras, Debashis Neogi, Managing Director of Renault Nissan Tech, and Prof Andrew Thangaraj, Chair, Centre for Outreach and Digital Education (CODE) IIT Madras, Coordinator IITM BS Degree & NPTEL along with senior delegates from Renault Nissan Tech.

“We are extremely happy to sign this MoU with Renault Nissan Tech. This is a shining example of IIT Madras’ vision to build bridges between the academic and corporate worlds. Together, Renault Nissan Tech and IIT Madras are setting a benchmark for collaboration in terms of the variety of engagements enabled. We look forward to more such engagements with the corporate sector,” said Prof Prathap Haridoss, Dean (Academic Courses), IIT Madras.

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