IBM (NYSE: IBM) today hosted IBM Day at The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM) to celebrate new opportunities associated with emerging technologies, innovation, research and education. The objective of this special day was to educate students on important industry topics such as high performance computing, SSME (Service Science, Management and Engineering) and IBM India University Programs for Faculty, Researchers, and Students. This event is a part of IBM's efforts to collaborate with academia in India and build interest among students to pursue a broad range of careers in research, business and technology.

Key sessions at IBM Day were addressed by Dr. C Mohan, IBM India Chief Scientist and IBM Fellow, Dr. Daniel Dias, Director, India Research Laboratory, Manish Gupta, Head, STG Lab Services with other representatives from IBM and IIT Madras. The special highlight of the day was a Cell Programming demonstration.

Commenting on the event Dr Amol Mahamuni, Program Manager - University Relations, IBM India said "Participating in IBM Day at the IITs, is an endeavor by IBM to engage with India's premiere engineering colleges and universities to foster greater innovation and technology collaborations Our objective is to not only uncover new sources of talent, but also to encourage students to take risks and think differently to generate disruptive ideas."

Adding further, Mr. Mahamuni said," At IBM, we believe that to succeed in the new global economy organizations must breed a 'culture of innovation' that supports the cross-pollination of ideas from a wide array of inter-disciplinary disciplines. In today's increasingly dynamic and competitive world, it is critical that business, government and academia come together to shape a new framework for innovation - one that addresses skills, R&D, government initiatives, measurement and labor and trade policies that will strongly position India for prosperity."

Through its Centre for Advanced Studies (CAS) Program, IBM offers PG students such as M.Tech, M.S. and Ph.D students from premier Engineering institutes in India access to IBM products, technology and research areas along with the vast IBM resources, with the goal of solving research problems of utmost importance to software developers.

IBM supports PhD fellowships, faculty sabbaticals and forges lasting technical collaboration with eminent Professors from top institutes of the country.

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