IIT Madras Pravartak enters into strategic partnership with Diamondpick to upskill talents for leading industries
CHENNAI: IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation has entered into a strategic partnership with Diamondpick, a talent solutions company, to train fresh engineering students. The freshers would be trained in technologies forecasted by Diamondpick, which will also help to identify employment opportunities for the students in leading IT organizations.
In this ‘hire-train-deploy’ model, the hiring of freshers will be coordinated by Diamondpick. Freshers will subsequently be trained in leading technologies forecasted by Diamondpick for four to six months, depending on the technology stack.
The MoU was signed recently in the presence of Prof. V. Kamakoti, Director, IIT Madras, Mr. Lakshmi Narayanan, Chairman, Governing Council, Digital Skills Academy, IIT Madras, Prof. Mangala Sunder Krishnan, Founder and Mentor, Digital Skills Academy, IIT Madras, Dr. MJ Shankar Raman, CEO, IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation, Mr. Balamurali Shankar, General Manager, Digital Skills Academy, IIT Madras and Mr. Sriram Rajagopal, Founder and Director, Diamondpick along with Mr. Satish Jeyaraman, CEO, Diamondpick and Mr. Santhosh Srinivasan, CFO, Diamondpick.
Highlighting the key outcomes from this collaboration, Mr. Balamurali Shankar, General Manager – Digital Skills Academy, IIT Madras Pravartak Technologies Foundation, said, “Our vision is to provide opportunities for fresh graduates by providing industry relevant skilling with tools and techniques that will enable them to secure meaningful employment and pursue fulfilling careers. IITM Pravartak will jointly work with Diamondpick to analyse the demand of the industry in leading edge technologies and skill students with academicians and industry experts towards employment.”
The IITM Pravartak Technologies is a Section 8 Company housing the Technology Innovation Hub on Sensors, Networking, Actuators and Control Systems. It is funded by Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, under its National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems and hosted by IIT Madras.
Diamondpick is a new-age talent solutions company that delivers technology-enabled talent solutions to a global clientele of leading IT organizations. They provide talent solutions that empower clients to access the right expertise at the right time, facilitating scalability, efficient project execution, and proactive response to market demands.
With a bouquet of highly innovative recruiting models, proprietary recruitment frameworks, and a team of best-in-class talent consultants, Diamondpick is uniquely equipped to deliver a dynamic workforce that possesses exceptional skills, agility, and adaptability to drive innovation and fuel sustainable growth.
IITM Pravartak will skill the engineering students with proven skilling programs that bridge the gap between academia and industry. Diamondpick will help to provide employment opportunities for best-performing students with leading IT organizations. Diamondpick will also identify the skill gap of industry professionals and upskill them with the help of IITM Pravartak.
This collaboration combines IIT Madras’ proven skilling capabilities and Diamondpick’s extensive expertise and client network, aimed to match freshers with job opportunities that perfectly match their skill sets to set them on the path to career growth and development.