MoU between IUT and Robi
On Wednesday, September 16, 2020, an MoU between the Islamic University of Technology (IUT) and Robi Axiata Ltd. was signed through an online signing ceremony to establish a bilateral relationship between two prominent institutes of Bangladesh. The Honorable Pro-Vice-Chancellor of IUT, Dr. Omar Jah, and Chief Human Resources Officer of Robi Axiata, Mr. Md. Faisal Imtiaz Khan signed on behalf of the respective party. The CEO of Robi Axiata Ltd., Mr. Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, was also present during the ceremony and later took an interactive Masterclass session to the IUT students to celebrate the milestone of the Robi-IUT relationship. The session was organized online by the IUT Career and Business Society (IUT-CBS).
On behalf of the Honorable Vice-Chancellor of IUT, the Honorable Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Omar Jah, talked about the mission and the philosophy of the University and how this MoU directly impacts the OIC mission of preparing the youth for the advancement of the Muslim Ummah.
Under the MoU, IUT and Robi will mutually collaborate for the engagement with students on real work experiences and career opportunity programs like internship opportunities, career roadshow, Robi4You, industrial attachment, knowledge sharing sessions, masterclass by both parties, guest speaker sessions, digital/online session, Robi’s knowledge with the development of IUT’s academic curricula and IUT’s students on various functional areas (i.e. digital marketing, analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, IoT in intelligent energy, etc.) upon complying with both parties’ processes.
Besides human development, this MoU will also focus on potential research activities, joint researches, and publications among the data analytics teams of IUT and Robi.
To strengthen this industry-academia relationship, the possibility of establishing a laboratory has also been proposed in the MoU. With that view, a proposal has been under review, with the name of Robi-IUT-Innovation-Energy-Environment-Lab (Robi-IUT-IEE)-Lab inside IUT campus. Where the activities of Internet of Things (IoT) in Energy Innovation/ Environment or Community Data Analytics etc. will be focused on.
Prof. Dr. Khondokar Habibul Kabir, Head, Institute of Energy and Environment (IEE) and Ms. Sabin Rahman, Vice President, Organization change and Employee Experience, Robi represented their respective organizations.
The respected faculty members of IUT, and the panel from the Human Resource Department of Robi Axiata Ltd were also present in the ceremony.
The signing of this MoU embarks a new day with numerous probability of aspiration for the students of Islamic University of Technology IUT.
On behalf of the Honorable Vice-Chancellor of IUT, the Honorable Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Omar Jah, talked about the mission and the philosophy of the University and how this MoU directly impacts the OIC mission of preparing the youth for the advancement of the Muslim Ummah.
Under the MoU, IUT and Robi will mutually collaborate for the engagement with students on real work experiences and career opportunity programs like internship opportunities, career roadshow, Robi4You, industrial attachment, knowledge sharing sessions, masterclass by both parties, guest speaker sessions, digital/online session, Robi’s knowledge with the development of IUT’s academic curricula and IUT’s students on various functional areas (i.e. digital marketing, analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, IoT in intelligent energy, etc.) upon complying with both parties’ processes.
Besides human development, this MoU will also focus on potential research activities, joint researches, and publications among the data analytics teams of IUT and Robi.
To strengthen this industry-academia relationship, the possibility of establishing a laboratory has also been proposed in the MoU. With that view, a proposal has been under review, with the name of Robi-IUT-Innovation-Energy-Environment-Lab (Robi-IUT-IEE)-Lab inside IUT campus. Where the activities of Internet of Things (IoT) in Energy Innovation/ Environment or Community Data Analytics etc. will be focused on.
Prof. Dr. Khondokar Habibul Kabir, Head, Institute of Energy and Environment (IEE) and Ms. Sabin Rahman, Vice President, Organization change and Employee Experience, Robi represented their respective organizations.
The respected faculty members of IUT, and the panel from the Human Resource Department of Robi Axiata Ltd were also present in the ceremony.
The signing of this MoU embarks a new day with numerous probability of aspiration for the students of Islamic University of Technology IUT.
