MITE signed an Agreement with UiPath, the global software company that develops a platform for Robotic Process Automation (RPA). The agreement under the UiPath Academic Alliance program will help MITE ramp up educators with skills of the future and also offer courses related to Robotic Process Automation ( RPA ) to the students. MITE will receive curriculum, course content, learning materials, regular educator training, and software tools. UiPath will also provide program support in terms of examination papers and sample assignments. The MoU with UiPath will enable students of MITE to leverage the competency of students in the Artificial Intelligence & Automation Domain at par with the Industry requirements.
Fourth Industrial Revolution is disrupting and reshaping every industry. Technologies like artificial intelligence and automation are driving productivity and redefining the future of work. RPA is playing an instrumental role in helping humans automate mundane tasks and free up time for higher-level works. RPA is also anticipated to create new jobs requiring higher-level cognitive thinking and creativity. Speaking on the occasion of the MoU exchange, Mr. Rajesh Chouta, Chairman, MITE mentioned that “Technologies in the Industry are changing rapidly. It is really a challenge to keep pace with the fast-paced evolving Technologies. However, we at MITE are looking at developing our Student at par with the Industrial requirements focusing on the latest technologies like Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Automation. Our students will be trained with technologies that are currently been used in the Industry – thus making them ‘Industry Ready’.”
About UiPath Academic Alliance program
The program was launched in September 2018 with a vision to create an automated and fully-employed world. The Academic Alliance program empowers people from all walks of life – university students, educators, and business professionals alike – to access automation training and leverage it in the workplace of the future. Under its Automation First initiative, the UiPath Academic Alliance is committed to serving more than one million students and one thousand schools in the next three years.
About UiPath
UiPath is leading the “Automation First” era – championing one robot for every person, delivering free and open training and collaboration, and enabling robots to learn new skills through AI and machine learning. Recently named by Comparably as the 6th happiest place to work and recognized as having the 11th best company culture among large businesses, UiPath has become one of the fastest-growing enterprise software companies in history. The company is backed by over $400 million in funding from Accel, CapitalG, Credo Ventures, Earlybird’s Digital East Fund, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Madrona, Meritech, Seedcamp, and Sequoia.
Collaboration Activities
| Year | Activities |
|---|---|
| 2022-23 | March 2-3, 2023 : Talk on ‘The new workplace – Robotic Process Automation ‘ International Conclave on ‘AI & Industry 4.0 – Application in Business Management’ Mr Rajesh Nambiar Director of Educational Programs and Certification (Asia Pacific and Japan), UiPath |
| Sep-Dec 2022/Feb-May 2023 :: UiPath RPA Developer Foundation training Certification Course on RPA Offered to II Year Students of CSE, ISE, ECE, AI&ML No of Students Certified = 300Certification Course on RPA Business Analyst Foundation Offered to II Year Students of MBA No of Students Certified = 30 | |
| 2021-22 | 17th Nov 2021 – Talk on ‘Robotic Process Automation’ by Mr. Basavadarshan, Program Manager, Leading Alliances, UiPath 30 May – 18th June 2022. – Workshop on “RPA Developer Kickstarter” |
| Sep-Dec 2021/Feb-May 2022 :: UiPath RPA Developer Foundation training Certification Course on RPA Offered to II Year Students of CSE, ISE, ECE, AI&ML No of Students Certified = 373 |
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