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Samsung digital skilling lutionise education worldwide,” by “Leading industry players, premier

initiative introducing Finnish pedagogies in academic institutions, and India’s
Indian schools — with an initial fo-
world-class talent are poised to lead
Gurugram, november 23. Under its cus on literacy and numeracy — and the EV revolution today. We are ex-
flagship programme — Samsung In- develop advanced technology solu- cited by the possibilities of working
novation Campus — Samsung India tions for global deployment. FGES closely with IISc and look forward to
Electronics, one of India’s largest expressed keen interest in adopting bringing the best of Indian engineer-
consumer electronics companies, has S2M’s fREADom reading app into ing research to the global stage,” said
upskilled 3,000 under-privileged stu- their educational portfolio, given its Manu Saale, Managing Director and
dents from eight cities countrywide. proven success in enhancing English CEO, MBRDI, speaking on the occa-
This programme trains them in future reading skills. sion.
tech domains such as Artificial Intel- “We are enthusiastic about launch- Added Prof. Govindan Ranga-
ligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), ing S2M’s flagship product, the fREA- rajan, Director, IISc: “Research and
Big Data and Coding & Programming, Dom reading app, on the international innovation in this area not only pro-
to make them job ready, and get ap- stage. Together, our two companies motes energy independence but also
propriate placements. are poised to introduce groundbreak- creates economic opportunities.”
In this programme, Samsung has ing solutions that will benefit learners
partnered with the Union govern- worldwide,” said Antti Kaskinen, TVS Credit’s EPIC 5.0
ment to empower the country’s youth CEO of FGES.
under the latter’s Digital India initia- Kavish Gadia, co-founder of Chennai, november 1. TVS Credit Ser-
tive. Over the past year, the Samsung Stones2Milestones, is equally en- vices’ EPIC Campus Challenge con-
Innovation Campus programme was thused about this partnership. “S2M’s cluded its fifth season surpassing an
executed by Electronics Sectors Skills technological expertise and extensive extraordinary milestone. The number
Council of India (ESSCI) through reach in India will enable us to bring of registrations crossed 96,000 — a
its nationwide network of approved the best Finnish solutions to India growth of over 100 percent over the
training and education partners. The while allowing us to jointly develop previous year.
final batch of 120 students of Samsung world-class technology solutions for Students from prestigious insti-
Innovation Campus are from the Ba- FGES to take to the global stage,” he tutions including IIM-Ahmedabad,
basaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Univer- added. XLRI, Jamshedpur, JBIMS-Mumbai,
sity, Lucknow. IIFT-Delhi, SVKM’s NMIMS Univer-
“Through Samsung Innovation Mercedes Benz-IISc sity Mumbai, and IIT-Kharagpur par-
Campus, we want to empower the ticipated in EPIC 5.0 which is open
youth and create opportunities for agreement to college students to showcase their
them in future tech domains, to boost technical skills and win cash awards.
India’s growth story and strengthen Bengaluru, november 22. Mercedes- The competitive programme pro-
our commitment to the country. We Benz Research and Development vides an online platform for partici-
are elated to have witnessed such tal- India (MBRDI, estb.1996) signed pants to showcase their skills in IT,
ent and potential in these students a memorandum of understanding strategy, finance and analytics cul-
who are now ready and skilled to (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Sci- minating in a grand finale in which
digitally transform the world around ence, Bengaluru (IISc, estb.1908) for shortlisted teams presented innova-
us,” said Hyun Kim, Corporate Vice advanced research collaboration. The tive solutions to a distinguished jury
President, Samsung Southwest Asia, objective of this agreement is an in- panel. This year, EPIC offered prizes
speaking on the occasion. dustry-academia partnership towards of up to Rs.10 lakh-plus with place-
achieving Mercedes-Benz’s Ambition ment opportunities.
S2M-FGES concordat 2039, to manufacture a fleet of new emerged as a powerful conduit for en-
“The EPIC Campus Challenge has
carbon-neutral motor cars.
Bengaluru, november 2. Stones2Mile- The partnership will focus on driv- gaging top-tier talent. EPIC promotes
stones (S2M), a Gurugram-based edu- ing engineering transformation and growth mindset and innovation. This
cation technology company, signed a pursuing long-term research-oriented year we brought about a transforma-
collaboration agreement with Finnish projects. Both organisations will lever- tion in branding and communication
Global Education Solutions (FGES), a age each other’s capabilities including for this initiative, and we are delighted
member institution of the Finnish Na- infrastructure and academic programs to see the growth in participation,”
tional Agency for Education. to facilitate joint research, nurture tal- said Charandeep Singh, Chief Mar-
Under the partnership agreement, ent, and promote collaborative inno- keting Officer at TVS Credit, speaking
the two enterprises are “set to revo- vation in sustainable mobility. after the grand finale.

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