Farah H Chitalwala
DNA
University of Pune has tied up with Intel India, to offer an MSc in VLSI design,"Intel has partnered with us on curriculum design and provides visiting faculty for specific topics," says, Dr PB Vidyasagar, director, board of college and university development, University of Pune. The company also provides six month internships to the students and recruited three out of the 10 students of the pilot batch.
"VLSI design is the process of creating integrated circuits which are used in consumer electronics like computers, printers, laptops etc," explains DR AD Shaligram, head, department of Electronic Science, University of Pune. India is fast becoming a global hub for this process. The growth rate for the embedded design industry of which VLSI is a part, is projected by the Indian Semi Conductor Association as 23% CAGR (2005-2010) and create 780000 jobs by 2015.
"We decided to short list university of Pune on the basis of two criteria. The first being its competence in the field of electronics and second, the flexibility that they allowed us in moulding the curriculum as per industry requirements," says, Manav Subodh, head (South and West India), Corporate Affairs, Intel India.
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