GSS America Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with BITS Pilani to set up a ‘Center of Excellence for SaaS’ at their Hyderabad campus. The objective of the partnership is to create 360 degrees collaboration between GSS America and BITS Pilani to offer a platform for service alliance for the long term benefit of the BITS students. As a part of the MOU, GSS America will accommodate a batch of 10 students of BITS for each practice school 1&2 program. The program which will be interactive and logical in nature will involve students in problem solving activities of direct interest and relevance to the organizations and orient students to the professional world. The Practice School 1 program would commence in May 2010 followed by Practice School 2 program in July 2010.

GSS America Infotech will be sponsoring the ‘Top 3 Performers’ of the program for the ‘Masters of Engineering Program’ offered by the Institute on a yearly basis. GSS & BITS will develop Global Campus Management System as the first product in this Centre of Excellence. GSS is committed in providing students the best technical knowledge combined with professional orientation to increase their employment opportunities and develop their skill set for better understanding of the industry.

Speaking at the Occasion, Mr. Bhargav Marepally, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, GSS America Infotech said, “Through the ‘Center of Excellence’ we aim to provide services that have been distinctly crafted to help students in enhancing their technical competence to gear the students towards securing employment. We are very excited to have partnered with BITS Pilani, which is one of the most respected higher educational institutions and look forward to working with them closely to deliver educational value.”

“I am an alumni of BITS Pilani and it is an honour to be associated with such a prestigious organization which has been instrumental in setting up my technical foundation and give a head start to my career. I am confident that with the Center of Excellence, we will be able to create the right synergies for the overall development of students. I am sure we will reach new dimensions of Industry Education partnership”

As a part of the program there will also be guest lectures from Practice Managers once in a month on the service offerings under ‘Managed IT Services’ who will guide the students and provide them with the best technical knowledge.

Elaborating further about the partnership, Mr. V S Rao, Director BITS Pilani said, “BITS-Hyderabad is committed to high standards of academic excellence. We constantly strive to enable individuals to traverse through learning, achieve success and go beyond their success to become life-long learners. With GSS America collaboration we aim to provide experimental learning and challenging opportunities for students leveraging the strengths and best practices for both the organization. We are glad to be associated with GSS America.”