We are delighted to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) and Sandisk Design Centre Private Limited, a Western Digital (WD) group company, by Dr. Jayabarathi T., Registrar, VIT and Mr. Prasad Sandireddy, Vice President, Product Development Engineering, SanDisk.

The MoU exchange was formalised by our Honourable Founder and Chancellor Dr. G. Viswanathan and Venkatesh Duraisamy, Director, Data Engineering-Memory Technology, Sandisk, Bangalore, in the presence of Mr. Karthikeyan Ramanathan, Program Manager, Sandisk, VIT Executive Director Dr. Sandhya Pentareddy, Vice Chancellor Dr. Kanchana Bhaaskaran, Director-Career Development Centre (CDC) Dr. Samuel Rajkumar, Deputy Director-CDC Dr. Ramanathan K., Assistant Directors-CDC Dr. Jayakrishnan N. & Dr. Jayakumar S., Dean-School of Computer Science and Engineering (SCOPE) Dr. N. Jaisankar and Dean- School of Electronics Engineering (SENSE) Dr. Jasmin Pemeena Priyadarisini M.

This strategic partnership marks a significant step towards collaborative academic and research initiatives. The MoU aims to:

• Explore potential academic collaboration opportunities for students and faculty.
• Conduct specialized activities related to emerging technologies.
• Collaborate on hardware, memory, firmware, software tools, and AI/ML projects.
• Facilitate technical discussions and expert lectures to provide our students with industry insights into electronics and emerging technologies.

  This collaboration reinforces VIT’s commitment to providing cutting-edge educational and research exposure in partnership with global industry leaders.