Bennett University joins hands with Cisco Networking Academy to equip students with NextGen digital skills

This year, Bennett University’s School of Engineering & Applied Sciences was ranked 2nd in the Top Emerging Engineering Institutes survey. Set up by the Times Group, one of the finest leading Corporate Groups in India, with the intent to provide Ivy League quality education to undergraduate and postgraduate students, Bennett University has all the elements to make it an aspirational education destination for students seeking a degree in Engineering, Management, Law, Media, Liberal Arts. The University fosters a proactive environment of innovation and entrepreneurship, and since its inception has been contributing tailor-made professionals who can address societal concerns as well as add value to the nation’s pipeline.

Another Feather In The Cap

Bennett University has now joined forces with leading global technology giant, Cisco, to reinforce their common vision to embrace technology and innovation with a focus on IoT, through a range of Cisco NetAcad education initiatives. The partnership with Cisco provides Bennett University a unique opportunity of being a Cisco Networking Academy.

Cisco Networking Academy Program - an IT skills and career building program for learning institutions and individuals worldwide, that helps students learn how to design, build, secure, and maintain digital infrastructure.

In consonance with the rising demand for skilled and certified professionals in the near future, a panel discussion namely, “Reimagine your future with industry recognized certification programs,” was jointly conducted in the recent past. The esteemed panelists included Mr Murugan Vasudevan, Head – India and South Asia, Social Innovation Group, Cisco; Ms Archana Nandakumar, Cybersecurity Evangelist at Cisco; Dr Debajyoti Mukhopadhyay, Dean, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences and Mr Deepak Garg, Prof and Head, Department of CSE, both from Bennett University. It offered students a glimpse of the digital skills required today, along with transformative technologies, that will help solve real-world industry problems.

“We are happy to announce a partnership with Bennett University, which is one of the fastest growing educational institutions in India. Through this partnership, we will work together to strengthen our joinnt vision of providing latest industry-ready skills to students in emerging areas such as Next-gen Networking, Programming, Internet of Things (IoT), and Cybersecurity,” said Mr Murugan Vasudevan.

He added, “Nearly 1,00,000 students joined Cisco Networking Academies to learn about Cybersecurity and ~65,000 students got skilled on Python programming in the last year. Cisco Networking Academy is one of the India’s fastest growing blended learning ed-tech program for digital skills, reaching out to nearly 3,00,000 students in just the last 12 months. Cisco has a commitment to train 1 million students by 2025 and partnerships such as these will accelerate our progress towards the goal. We look forward to nurturing this partnership.”

Bennett University has always been focused on the pedagogy of experiential and project based learning. Cisco Certification programs would be effective, time saving, and enable graduating students to garner the required knowledge in courses of their interest, while pursuing their education.

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