Dell has announced its collaboration with IIT Madras (IIT-M) for joint research and development programme in the area of Next-Generation Infrastructure and Cloud technologies. As part of the partnership, Dell and IIT Madras will undertake collaborative research projects for next-generation technology and business needs.
Dell aims to leverage the capabilities at the Dell Networking Centre and the talent ecosystem available in Chennai towards strengthening research on the subject. This industry-academia partnership will address research and development of next-generation Cloud technologies that would play a key role in the industry verticals such as telecom and healthcare.
Dr Jai Menon, Vice-President, Head of Research and Chief Research Officer, Dell, said, “Dell’s heritage is all about listening to customers and using that insight to create innovative technology solutions that help them succeed. While innovation has always been at the core of Dell, we now want to focus on disruptive, futuristic technologies. We strongly believe that industry-academia partnerships are the key to fostering advancements in technology. We are confident that our partnership with IIT-M will bring unique approaches and compelling innovations for the future.”
Sreedhara Narayanaswamy, Executive Director & GM, Datacenter PD/PI Global Engineering & Chennai R&D, said, "This partnership is very significant for Dell Networking centre at Chennai to collaborate with IIT Madras. It allows bidirectional collaboration and research activities in which both the Chennai R&D team as well as the faculty and students of IIT-M realize long-term benefits."
The partnership entails sponsoring of various research projects and funding of research scholars working in the areas that coincide with Dell Research objectives. Additionally, the partnership provides internship opportunities for IIT-M students to experience industry environment and work on the key technology challenges, pursued by Dell Research.
