An initiative by Cigniti to provide a continuous engagement platform for the academic community (engineering and science colleges/universities, B-schools, research labs, and skill-building organizations) to connect with industry experts and leverage our leaders’ combined industry experience of over 100 years.
Objectives
- Build sustainable partnerships with institutions at the grass-root level to produce industry-ready talent.
- Foster innovation and create an enabling environment that covers the entire academic ecosystem – students, faculty, research, internship, placement, and curriculum development.
- Create opportunities for collaboration, co-creation, and sponsorship to leverage research advances in solving real-life problems.
Ways to Collaborate
Leadership Talks / Guest Lectures
Impart real-world knowledge and insights related to the industry, technology, and contemporary business practices.
Joint Research Initiatives
Generate new innovation by establishing collaborative research initiatives from a variety of research fields.
Internships / Project Work
Mini / Live Projects, Short / Long term-internships, Dissertation work under the joint guidance of faculty & RoundSqr (part of Cigniti) experts.
Entrepreneurial Mentoring
Foster innovative ideas & support students in converting them to successful businesses. Idea Validation, Funding Support,..
Teaching & Guest Faculty
Short credit courses by RoundSqr (part of Cigniti) subject-matter experts with practical hands-on training.
Campus Events
Inspire students to imagine, innovate, and showcase their skills on a common platform like Hackathons, Tech Competitions…
Industry Assistance
Support & Guide colleges in industry-driven curriculum development; Volunteer as Council members.
Faculty Enablement Workshops
Technical workshops; Discussions and analysis of real-life case studies, based on latest industry tools for faculty members.
Open Inspiration
Ignite out-of-the-box thinking; constant support and availability; soft skills training, networking opportunities.
Partnered Colleges / Organizations
Sessions by RoundSqr (part of Cigniti)
Latest Updates
- RoundSqr (part of Cigniti) Inks MoU with BIM-Trichy for Industry-Academia Collaboration
- IIM-Udaipur Signs an MOU with RoundSqr (part of Cigniti) to enable a platform for DIY projects that are based on real industry challenges in the digital technology space
- Ram Manjeri, Senior VP, Cigniti Joins BIM Trichy as a Member of the Academic Council to support BIM’s educational agenda, quality standard and provide suggestions to keep the curriculum and pedagogy contemporary with global best practices.
- Woxsen University and RoundSqr (part of Cigniti) have signed an MoU to promote joint research and collaboration
- Srinivas Atreya, Chief Data Scientist, Cigniti joins YesMentor, a non-profit platform as a Key Mentor to bridge the skill gap in college students and entry-level professionals via personalized and focused mentoring.
What experts say about us
Prof. Janat Shah
Director, IIM-Udaipur
“We are delighted about the partnership between IIMU’s Center of Digital Enterprise and RoundSqr (part of Cigniti) in the area of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). RoundSqr (part of Cigniti) has provided our students the opportunity to work on industry-relevant projects. With the ability to embrace student learnings toward organizational objectives, the founders of RoundSqr (part of Cigniti) have also provided guest lectures to direct individual accomplishments in AI/ML areas.”
Dr. Asit K Barma
Director, BIM-Trichy
“We are excited about our partnership with RoundSqr (part of Cigniti) to create knowledge and skill in AI/ML and Digital Transformation space. Our MBA students, doctoral scholars, and MDP participants from corporates will get to learn the industry best practices from experts in RoundSqr (part of Cigniti) who have done that and been there. We also intend to jointly build various proof of concept with a deep impact on business and society.”
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