Samsung has launched an industry-academia program — Samsung PRISM (Preparing and Inspiring Student Minds) — to “stimulate the Indian innovation ecosystem”, and build capabilities among students that meet industry needs.
It said in a press release that the program, which will be run by Samsung R&D Institute Bangalore (SRI-B), Samsung’s largest R&D facility outside of Korea, was aimed to involve engineering colleges that were in the top positions of the Government of India’s National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) rankings.
SRI-B has so far signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with 10 engineering colleges. It will add more colleges over the next few months.
Once the program rolls out, said Samsung, SRI-B will collaborate with students and faculty at these engineering colleges, giving them research as well as development projects to be executed over four to six months. Students will get to work on projects in cutting edge technology areas such as Artificial Intelligence (including vision tech), machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT) and connected devices, and 5G networks, to solve real world problems.
Each project will be taken up by a team of three students and one professor, with a mentor from SRI-B who will guide and train them, and conduct regular reviews. Each engineering college can have multiple teams, and students will be selected on the basis of a test conducted by SRI-B.
Students will also be encouraged to publish papers and file patents jointly with SRI-B.
Dipesh Shah, Managing Director, Samsung R&D Institute Bangalore, said in a statement: “Samsung PRISM program is a testimony to our mission of transforming people’s lives with meaningful innovations. This program will draw from the strength of our academia and engineering students’ community, which undoubtedly is the best in the world.
“As we move forward, we want to blend the program with the academic calendars of engineering colleges across the country, and also encourage students and faculty to publish quality papers and file patents.”
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