{"57802":{"#nid":"57802","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech and Infosys Pursue  Research and Education Initiatives","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology and Infosys Technologies, a global IT services and consulting company, have announced the intent to partner on potential research and educational opportunities. A memorandum of understanding has been signed by Gary Schuster, Georgia Tech\u2019s provost and vice president for academic affairs, and S. (Kris) Gopalakrishnan, chief executive officer and managing director of Infosys Technologies, formalizing the collaboration.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech is exploring the possibility of establishing a small, high quality post-graduate research institution in Hyderabad, India. The proposed Georgia Tech facility would include centers for excellence in information technology and information systems, energy systems, biotechnology and infrastructure studies. As part of the partnership, Infosys is planning to collaborate on research projects of mutual interest in these areas of technology. Moving forward, Georgia Tech and Infosys will create a roadmap to identify the necessary resources and infrastructure to transfer these technologies to market. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cSince Infosys has a presence both in Atlanta and Hyderabad, there are collaborative opportunities in both locations,\u201d said Schuster. \u201cSuch alliances are critical to our goal of developing a global university and to enhancing closer educational, scientific and economic ties between the United States and India.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAccording to Schuster, for the past several years the partnership between Georgia Tech and Infosys has been very strong in Atlanta, where the company has rapidly expanded its local workforce by hiring several hundred engineers. In fact, Infosys was recently named \u201cEmployer of the Year\u201d by Georgia Tech\u2019s Division of Professional Practice. \u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003ESchuster noted that the new collaboration extends the existing partnership to the research arena. \u201cGeorgia Tech faculty and Infosys engineers and scientists will now have the opportunity to work together on emerging computing and web technologies that promise to add new efficiencies of cost and scale to rapidly expand markets in retail, manufacturing, commerce, energy and finance,\u201d he said.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cThe Human Resources Development Ministry of the Indian government has recently encouraged non-Indian universities to set up a presence in India through a forward-looking Foreign Universities Bill that has been recently introduced into the Indian parliament,\u201d added Vijay Madisetti, executive director of Georgia Tech\u2019s India Initiative. \u201cWe are hopeful that the passage of this bill will allow us to expand our proposed activities beyond the research focus to include an educational program that will offer Georgia Tech Ph.D. and master\u2019s degrees to students in India, at the start drawn primarily from the employees of leading corporations such as Infosys.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u201cInfosys has been collaborating with leading universities and research institutions across the globe, working with some of the best and brightest minds to develop and nurture ecosystems of research and innovation. Our association with Georgia Tech and the research programs we undertake will focus on emerging technologies to develop client-specific business solutions,\u201d said Gopalakrishnan. \u201cWe have strengthened our presence in Atlanta through our recent acquisition of McCamish Systems and our partnership with Georgia Tech further enhances our business opportunities in the U.S.\u201d\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech currently has research and educational initiatives in France, Ireland, Singapore, Shanghai and Costa Rica. More information on these international programs can be found at \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/campuses\u0022 title=\u0022www.gatech.edu\/campuses\u0022\u003Ewww.gatech.edu\/campuses\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Partnership Includes Centers of Excellence"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Institute of Technology and Infosys Technologies, a global\nIT services and consulting company, have announced the intent to\npartner on potential research and educational opportunities. A\nmemorandum of understanding has been signed by Gary Schuster, Georgia\nTech\u2019s provost and vice president for academic affairs, and S. (Kris)\nGopalakrishnan, chief executive officer and managing director of\nInfosys Technologies, formalizing the collaboration.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Global IT services company and Tech have announced the intent to partner on research and education."}],"uid":"27281","created_gmt":"2010-06-03 13:54:41","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:06:39","author":"Lisa Grovenstein","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2010-06-08T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2010-06-08T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/campuses\/","title":"Campuses and Global Reach"}],"groups":[{"id":"1183","name":"Home"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"2736","name":"Gary Schuster"},{"id":"289","name":"Global"},{"id":"2998","name":"India"},{"id":"3565","name":"Infosys"},{"id":"1802","name":"international"},{"id":"9725","name":"Vijay Madisetti"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELisa Ray Grovenstein, 404-894-8835\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["lisa.grovenstein@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}