Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited (TMPV) to promote continuing education and industry-academia collaboration.
The MoU was signed by VIT Registrar Dr. T. Jayabarathi and Sitaram Kandi, Chief Human Resources Officer, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd., and formally exchanged at the company’s premises in Pune.
Under the agreement, VIT will offer a B.Tech programme in Manufacturing Engineering for employees of Tata Motors’ Ranipet plant from the 2026–27 academic session.
The MoU exchange was formalised in the presence of VIT Chancellor Dr. G. Viswanathan and Sitaram Kandi.
Senior officials from Tata Motors present on the occasion included Pramod Choudhury, Vice President – Operations; Neeraj Agarwal, Senior General Manager – PV Operations; Mr. Vivek Bindra, General Manager – Human Resources (PV); Dr. Ranga Gunti and Marcel Fernandes, General Managers – Learning & Development; Rajiv Ranjan, GM & Head – Early Careers & Campus Programs; and Abhyudai Dwivedi, Deputy General Manager – HR, Ranipet plant, along with other team members.
From VIT, those present included Dr. Sankar Viswanathan and Dr. Sekar Viswanathan, Vice Presidents; Dr. Kanchana Bhaaskaran, Vice Chancellor; Dr. Samuel Rajkumar, Director, Centre for Continuing Professional Development (CPD); Dr. Kuppan P., Dean, School of Mechanical Engineering (SMEC); Dr. Gaurav Sushant, Assistant Director, Career Development Centre (CDC); and Sabde Amit Suresh, Regional Placement Officer, Pune.
