NIIT University (NU) recently conducted a seminar for aspiring engineers on ‘Engineering careers of the future’ at Chitnavis Centre, Nagpur. The seminar was conducted to bring innovation in higher education and learning. NU also conducted career-counseling sessions for engineering aspirants in the city.

Rajendra S Pawar, Founder at NU and Chairman, NIIT Ltd., and Professor VS Rao, President at NU and former acting Vice Chancellor of BITS Pilani, were the keynote speakers at the seminar. Also present at the seminar was Rina Sinha, Business Partner, NIIT Ltd, Nagpur.

During an interaction with team Nation Next, Rajendra S Pawar said, “The advent of technology has galvanised the education space by offering us immense opportunities as well as unique challenges. We are faced with the urgent need to impart education that is seamless and holistic and closely aligned to what the industry of the future needs. Therefore, our BTech programs have been designed in close association with the industry to help our students chart meaningful careers in the fast evolving digital economy.”

NIIT University is a not-for-profit University notified by the government of Rajasthan in 2009. A premier institution of higher learning and research, NU seeks to create originals thinkers who will lead the knowledge society of the future. The University inherits three decades of rich expertise and global know-how of its principal sponsor, the NIIT Group.