IBM,ISB sign MoU for joint research

Kolkata, Feb 07 (UNI) IBM and Indian School of Business (ISB) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for joint research to develop a first-of-its-kind research on Service Science, Management and Engineering (SSME) in India.

An official release said here that as part of this initiative, ISB and IBM would create cutting edge research and develop case studies to streamline service processes and replicate them across industries.

IBM Corporation Executive Vice-President (Innovation and Technology) Nick Donofrio said, ''Innovation requires new skills to ensure that people, countries and economies remain competitive in this globally integrated world and by investing in initiatives like Service Science, Management and Engineering, IBM and India will provide those skills.'' Signing the MoU, Professor Rammohan Rao, Dean, ISB, said, ''The aim of this agreement is to support ISB to open the SSME Programme, which include high-end research, development of case studies and curriculum for the Executive Education and the Post Graduate Programme in Management with the help of IBM so that the discipline of service science can be developed and lead to nurturing specialized human resources." The SSME, aims at studying, improving and teaching services innovation.

This new academic discipline brings together ongoing work in the fields of computer science, operations research, industrial engineering, business strategy and management sciences to develop skills required in a services-led economy.

This initiative would strengthen IBM's ability to help develop future services skills in this region while providing solutions to meet the needs of the evolving Indian economy in an increasingly services-based worldwide economy, the release said.

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