MOU SIGN WITH COURSERA INC., KPR Institute Engineering and Technology, Autonomous Engineering Institution, Coimbatore, India

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MOU SIGN WITH COURSERA INC.
MoU Institute
DATE
Oct 11, 2022
TIME
09:00 AM to 10:30 AM
LOCATION
Raagam Hall
DEPARTMENT
Artificial Intelligenceand Machine Learning
TOTAL PARTICIPATES
514
Outcome
To empower all KPRIET students/aspirants across the programs through the right skilling and delivering great career outcomes for each graduate.
Faculty upskilling in their domains, supporting them in the creation of their own MOOCs, and building research capacity.
Modernize the curriculum, and enhance the teaching-learning process by bringing in emerging technologies content from top-ranked global & Indian universities.
Summary
KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore signed MoU with Coursera Inc. (US Entity) for Campus offerings
KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology signed MoU with Coursera on 11th September 2022 in the august presence of Dr. M.AKILA, Principal, KPRIET, Shri. DULLES KRISHNAN, Managing Director, India and ANZ, Shri.D.Vinoth, Enterprise Director - Universities, Coordinators Mr. Lakshay Arora, Enterprise Implementation Manager – APAC, Ms. Shubhangi Sood, Coursera – APAC, Dr. S.Karthikeyan, SPoC (Coursera) and Head of the Department (CSE – AIML), and other senior functionaries. 30 Faculty and 480 students participated in the MoU signing and Inauguration event.
Chief Guest Shri. Dulles Krishnan, Managing Director, India, and ANZ presented the statistics of Coursera for the last few years. Also explained the importance of courses in skill development. Guest of Honour Shri. D.Vinoth, Enterprise Director - Universities explained the process of Coursera registration and modules of Coursera for the students. The students completed the Coursera previously was appreciated during the meeting.
MoU aims to empower all KPRIET students/aspirants across programs through the right skilling & delivering great career outcomes for each graduate. Next, Faculty upskilling in their domains, support them in the creation of their own MOOCs and build research capacity, and finally, modernize the curriculum, and enhance the teaching-learning process by bringing in emerging technologies content from top-ranked global & Indian universities.
Dr. S.Karthikeyan, SPoC (Coursera) thanks the Management and the Principal for providing the opportunity to sign the MoU with Coursera and its inauguration. Then thank the Chief Guest and Guest of Honour and the coordinators of Coursera for their presence at KPRIET. And thank all the HODs, Faculty of KPRIET, Students, and staff coordinators for the successful conduct of the programme.

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