BSNL to train GITAM students

Visakhapatnam: First time in the country Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) signed an MoU with GITAM University to train the engineering students particularly IT, ECE and Computer Science students on new telecommunication technologies on Friday.

The MoU between BSNL and GITAM also allows the students to do internship, project to learn BSNL infrastructure, hands on experience in all telectom streams namely digital switching, digital transmission systems (optical fibre communication), wireless communications, mobile communications, broadband technology services, IP networking and cyber security and telecom support infrastructure.  

BSNL General Manager G Adam and GITAM Institute of Technology Principal Prof K Lakshmiprasad exchanged the MoU documents in the presence of GITAM Vice-Chancellor Prof MS Prasada Rao, GITAM Human Resource Director S Sambamurthy and head of ECE Department Prof Jayasree.

Interacting with GITAM officials, BSNL General Manager G Adam informed that BSNL would provide the training to GITAM students through their training centres located in Visakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Bengaluru.

He said that BSNL would act as a training provider (BSNL-TP) to enhance the knowledge of GITAM students through training programmes, internships and online certificate programmes.  

He informed that BSNL is equipped with 15 years teaching experience faculty who successfully trained 600 students through employability enhance training programmes (EETP). He also mentioned that BSNL is mainly focusing on 5G technologies to fulfil the goal by 2020.

GITAM Vice-Chancellor Prof MS Prasada Rao expressed that the MoU is a great opportunity to GITAM students to build a strong knowledge base in the area of telecommunication. He also shown interest to extend the opportunity to management students to offer telecom management related training.