The ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Virtusa Corporation, a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company.

The objective is to engage in talent development programs aimed at creating a pool of skilled Business Process Management (BPM) professionals trained on Pegasystems’ technology platform.

As part of the programme, Virtusa will provide BPM training to the faculty of science and technology at ICFAI University, while also collaborating on developing industry-oriented courseware and technical knowledge to support the curriculum.

Extending this initiative into the employment space, students who successfully complete this course, will become eligible to apply to internship positions at Virtusa.

J. Mahender Reddy, Vice-Chancellor, ICFAI, said, “This MoU is the first step to get hands-on experience with Pega tools utilising business processes and will provide a value addition to the curriculum based industry-interaction alliance. It will prepare engineers for employment soon after graduation.”

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