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Bengaluru, Jan 13: In a bid to facilitate the ‘Future Digital Jobs@ Government Polytechnic and Engineering Colleges’ initiative, the Department of Collegiate and Technical Education (DCTE) entered into Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM) on Thursday.

Dr CN Ashwath Narayan, Higher Education and IT/BT Minister, who addressed a function to mark the signing of the MoU, said the partnership envisions harnessing and enhancing collaborative initiatives between academia and industry.

“This collaboration would enable to organize future digital jobs drive exclusively for students of government institutions and to provide career counseling and guidance to students in government institutions leading to meaningful internships, projectsand placements,” he explained.

He said the initiative would help to conduct workforce research for industries in regions ‘Beyond Bengaluru’ and facilitates industry talks, mentoring seminars, and workshops for students, faculty etc.

It also plays a role in establishing incubation centers, centers of excellence in government institutions, the minister said.

This MoU will enable support development of relevant curriculum, enhancing infrastructure for teaching among other things, guiding young entrepreneurs, especially in rural Karnataka through mentorship and talent development, he said.

The MoU is expected to chiefly benefit students studying in 92 polytechnic and 14 engineering government institutions.

S Subramaniam, CEO, Talancia Global, entrepreneurs Vadiraj and Manjunath, BV Naidu, Chairman, KDEM, Sanjeev Gupta, CEO, KDEM, G Kumar Naik, ACS, Department of Higher Education, P Pradeep, Commissioner, DCTE, were present.