Infosys Ltd has signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with Singapore Management University (SMU) whereby both entities will work together to develop training programme content for Infosys employees as well as case studies and learning labs for SMU's Bachelor of Science (IS Management) and Master of IT in Business degree programs. Infosys and Singapore Management University will also jointly conduct seminars and tutorials.

Mr Srikantan Moorthy, Senior Vice-President and Group Head, Education & Research, Infosys Ltd, said, “We are excited about this partnership as this opens up new areas of cooperation between academia and the IT industry to enhance the reach of quality education. Infosys has always aimed to provide world class training, education and research facilities to all its employees and this collaboration is a step in strengthening our efforts in this direction.”

Prof. Steven Miller, Dean, SMU School of Information Systems, said, “The SMU School of Information Systems and Infosys have completed a series of joint projects over the past five years that have produced innovative content for our respective education and training programmes. With this new agreement, we will continue to demonstrate better ways of training working professionals and students about applying IT in business settings, and about the management aspects of using IT to create business value.”

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