<p>The Indian Institute of Science has organised its first-ever flagship event, – IISconnect - a one-on-one engagement between industries and students, on Monday. The special focus of the event will be to provide an industry interface for graduating PhD students.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Organised by the office of Career Counselling and Placements (OCCAP), the aim of IISconnect is to foster greater and stronger industry-academia collaborations. The event is meant for post-graduate and undergraduate science students of all years, PhD scholars - to come together and interact with representatives of industries, companies, R&D firms and the IISc alumni. <br /><br />“We are facilitating such employment on our campus in a concerted way for the first time. The growing R&D activity in India now seeks many more PhD graduates than ever before,” said Professor Narendra M Dixit, a member of the OCCAP committee. More students are graduating with doctorates from IISc than earlier and many are interested in exploring employment avenues in the industry, he said.<br /><br />Apart from campus recruitments and internships, discussions between IISc and industry representatives on research collaborations, student fellowships, sponsored projects, technology transfers and philanthropic donations and endowments, have also been planned.<br /><br />“By participating in this event, the R&D industry gets to see a large number of talented PhDs in diverse disciplines. Our students benefit from exploring a large number of employment avenues. Finding a suitable match should thus be readily possible,” added Dixit.</p>
<p>The Indian Institute of Science has organised its first-ever flagship event, – IISconnect - a one-on-one engagement between industries and students, on Monday. The special focus of the event will be to provide an industry interface for graduating PhD students.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Organised by the office of Career Counselling and Placements (OCCAP), the aim of IISconnect is to foster greater and stronger industry-academia collaborations. The event is meant for post-graduate and undergraduate science students of all years, PhD scholars - to come together and interact with representatives of industries, companies, R&D firms and the IISc alumni. <br /><br />“We are facilitating such employment on our campus in a concerted way for the first time. The growing R&D activity in India now seeks many more PhD graduates than ever before,” said Professor Narendra M Dixit, a member of the OCCAP committee. More students are graduating with doctorates from IISc than earlier and many are interested in exploring employment avenues in the industry, he said.<br /><br />Apart from campus recruitments and internships, discussions between IISc and industry representatives on research collaborations, student fellowships, sponsored projects, technology transfers and philanthropic donations and endowments, have also been planned.<br /><br />“By participating in this event, the R&D industry gets to see a large number of talented PhDs in diverse disciplines. Our students benefit from exploring a large number of employment avenues. Finding a suitable match should thus be readily possible,” added Dixit.</p>
