Infosys Technologies Ltd. launched Campus Connect program, an industry-academia partnership initiative, with 60 colleges in India. Among them Vardhaman College of Engineering is one of the premiere institutions that has taken this opportunity and run this program successfully.

The IT services industry is, by nature, 'people-centric' and the demand for quality manpower is rising continuously. Quality manpower is essential to remain ahead of competition in the global market place. The need for industry-academia partnership has been strongly felt and this is required to enhance the readiness of engineering graduate workforce and to make engineering students industry ready.

The initiative was aimed at deepening the industry-academia bonds and building a strong foundation for the future needs of both academia and the growing IT industry. The core of the Campus Connect program is the Foundation Program rolls out at the college premises. This FP courseware represents the Intellectual Property and experience of Infosys in training thousands of entry-level engineers from heterogeneous backgrounds and disciplines to deliver world-class projects to global customers. The purpose of the FP courseware is to provide a unique set of teaching aids and consolidated training material to the college faculty to help them make students industry ready.

Campus Connect enables faculty members through seminars and workshops in colleges to give them an industry perspective. It also publishes Infosys courseware on the Campus Connect portal. The courseware adds value to the existing college courseware and highlights the integrated, systems way of looking at hitherto discrete topics. The courseware is used at Infosys to prepare new recruits to global industry-ready standards. This program also invites college professors on sabbaticals to the Infosys campus, to pursue mutual research areas of interest.

Campus connect organizes Aspirations 2020 - a programming contest for students of engineering colleges to prepare themselves to become smart professionals. This contest encourages the spirit of competitiveness and accelerated learning through extracurricular activities within the student community.

IBM collaborated with Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad, by opening a Centre of Excellence (CoE) the aim of providing world- class skills to students on IBM Technologies. The centre provides an opportunity for students to learn new skill-sets on the latest technologies and IBM products. IBM provides the college with access to technologies relevant to the market and equip the faculty with the knowledge to ensure students are able to gain first-hand experience on all IBM products installed in the college.

It will also give lecturers and students the opportunity to learn, to develop their knowledge and to enhance their skills related to IBM software such as the IBM DB2, WebSphere, Lotus, Rational and Tivoli technologies; to hardware in mainframes, power and storage systems, and to hot technologies such as cloud computing and business analytics.

VCE provides the infrastructure and high-end system while IBM will provide the entire software suite free of charge

Through the IBM Academic Initiative, IBM is working with colleges and universities across the country to teach students the open-standards skills they'll need to compete in the ever-changing technology workplace.

This initiative offers a wide range of technology education benefits that can be scaled to meet the goals of most educational institutions, ranging from large research universities to local community colleges.

What's more, it can provide the resources needed for Vardhaman College of engineering students to create more competitive academic programs and more highly skilled students.

Vardhaman College of Engineering is a member of the Indo-U.S. Collaboration for Engineering Education (IUCEE). This collaboration was designed to offer practical training for engineering professors in India, who are often underprepared and overwhelmed by the demands of teaching.

Networks will be created between US and Indian faculty and colleges of engineering via the summer institutes and tours of US colleges by heads and faculty of Indian engineering colleges. These networks will enable the identification of best practices which can be replicated and scaled up. Networks will be assisted in developing specific long term collaborations in:

• Research & Development
• Curriculum & Technology Enhanced Delivery
• Innovation & Entrepreneurship
• Quality & Accreditation Processes
• Industry Participation

During the workshops, American professors train their Indian counterparts to use techniques known broadly as "active learning." They include such strategies as working with students on problems, encouraging class participation, and organizing students to work together in small groups.

A MoU has been signed with CISCO Systems to have its local academy at Vardhaman College of Engineering to run certification programme on CCNA training: Cisco Certified Network Associate, CCDA training: Cisco Certified Design Associate, CCNP training: Cisco Certified Network Professional, CCIP training: Cisco Certified Internetwork Professional, CCSP training: Cisco Certified Security Professional, CCVP training: Cisco Certified Voice Professional. These programme enhance the technical caliber of the students and result in excellent placements. The classes for the Certification programmes are being conducted after 4:10 p.m on weekdays and on Saturdays and are open to the students of all departments.

Java professionals are in great demand in the IT industry.Almost all top IT companies to name a few TCS, Infosys, Mahindra Satyam, Wipro, HCL, Accenture, Mindtree recruit certified Java Professionals. We are delighted to announce that the Vardhaman College of Engineering has signed a MoU with Sun Microsystems to Provide Sun Certification Java courses to our students. Getting sun certified is a great way to invest in your professional development and help boast your earning potential. Sun Certified Developers earn on average 18% more than the typical certified application developer according to Certifications magazine salary survey. Sun certified Programmer is recognized as HOT certifications according to CIO magazine.

Tata Consultancy Services visits campuses for recruitment only when it has been accredited by the TCS-Accreditation team. The accreditation means that TCS Campus Recruitment Team will visit the college every year for placements to recruit our talented students in large numbers in TCS, which is a world-class organization.