OPPO India has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with BITS Pilani to upskill its research and development (R&D) engineers with advanced technological learnings. With the advent of industry 4.0 and in the era of specialisation, this initiative reiterates OPPO’s focus to help employees acquire skill upgradation while focusing on innovations centric to advance technologies.
Under the partnership BITS Pilani’s work integrated learning programs (WILP) division will support OPPO India R&D engineers to strengthen their technical knowledge through various courses.
Following the government’s vision of building a future-ready workforce, through this partnership OPPO aims to develop its engineers from India R&D in various emerging technology areas including network, imaging, and extended reality. The program will be fully sponsored by OPPO, and the nominated candidates will be admitted through a structured admission process. BITS Pilani WILP will use fully functional and regularly-maintained equipment and software in their virtual and remote labs that is open for students 24×7 throughout the year, and will also provide them with the course handouts, video lectures that can be attended as per the students’ convenience, simulations and industry-specific case studies as part of the detailed academic programme.
Commenting on the partnership, Tasleem Arif, vice president, India R&D head, OPPO India, said, “Our new brand proposition ‘Inspiration Ahead’ is in line with our efforts of creating a skilled workforce that will meet the ever-evolving technology demands of the consumer. The impact of rapid technological changes has led OPPO to ensure we are ahead of the game to ensure we develop innovations that revolve around user experience. This association compliments OPPO’s aim to deliver the best training for our employees and accelerate our make-in-India efforts.”
Meanwhile, Prof. G. Sundar, director, off-campus programmes and industry engagement, BITS Pilani, said, “BITS Pilani is happy to work with an innovation leader like Oppo in offering our unique programmes that integrate rigorous academic content with skill building, and ensure that the learners are kept abreast of latest and emerging technologies, and prepare them to anticipate market needs and build products to fill such needs.”
