NITIE signed MoU with Dassault Systemes, the 3D EXPERIENCE Company

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MBAUniverse.com News Desk |
July 24, 2016
National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) on Wednesday March 16, 2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DassaultSystemes
The industry would have access to NITIE Faculty, Researchers and Students who are future driven and exposed to best practices on manufacturing innovation.

National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) on Wednesday March 16,  2016 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with DassaultSystemes, the 3D EXPERIENCE Company to collaborate and leverage technology that includes Dassault Systems 3DEXPERIENCE Platform and Digital Manufacturing suite to achieve higher levels of academic excellence.

The MoU will deepen the existing relationship between both parties and will also provide the opportunity for NITIE to become an Academic Certification Partner under the DassaultSystemes Academic Certification Partner Programme.

The collaboration will further create a new benchmark for technology enabled industrial engineering and management education.

Industrial management includes operations management, manufacturing management, project management, supply chain, advanced logistics, production scheduling, manufacturing execution, ergonomics and safety and customer experience through business experience platform.

Director of NITIE, Prof. (Ms.) Karuna Jain expressed her happiness over the partnership. "This (partnership) is going to take our endeavour to provide superior educational experience, which is industry relevant, to the next level. We understand the power of such tools and are certain that the state of the art solutions by DassaultSystemes would enrich the learning experience at NITIE," Jain said.

She also added that by this exposure to the future of Digital Manufacturing and Operations through the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform suite, the industry would have access to NITIE Faculty, Researchers and Students who are future driven and exposed to best practices on manufacturing innovation.

"We believe our faculty and students through their research and application of these cutting edge platforms will enhance their contributions to achieve the 'Make in India' initiatives", Jain added.

Speaking during the signing of MOU, Dr. Chandan Chowdhury, Managing Director-India, DassaultSystemes hailed the partnership. "This is just the first step towards transforming management education by leveraging technology. NITIE is one of the early adopters of cloud for management and higher education," Chowdhury said.

Expressing his confidence in the partnership, he said that it will be able to contribute to India's skills development mission and create better job opportunities for the youth of the country both in India and overseas.

NITIE was established by the Government of India in 1963 with the assistance of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) through the International Labor Organization (ILO), to create skilled professionals. It currently offers Fellow level (equivalent to Ph.D.) and Post-graduate Diploma courses in industrial engineering and management related streams.
NITIE was ranked 2nd in Higher Education Review beyond IIM's Top B-School Survey-2014 and 1st as Top B-Schools by Infrastructure and Facilities by Higher Education Review Beyond IIM's Top B-School Survey-2014.

NITIE has established research centres and contributes across the various areas such as Industrial Engineering & Manufacturing Systems, Economics & Strategy, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Decision Sciences & Information Systems, Engineering Technology & Project Management, Accounts and Finance, Environmental Engineering & Management, Marketing, Organizational Behavior/Human Resources Management.  NITIE also designs and conducts open house programs, company specific programs and long term certificate programs in the above areas that are in line with the requirements of the industry. www.nitie.edu

DassaultSystemes is a world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. 3DEXPERIENCE for Academia is the most advanced software for product and learning innovation and it is now available on the cloud, to all educators and students who want to experience the engineering practices of industry leaders for increased employment opportunities in the new global economy.