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August 19, 2021
Chitkara University Chandigarh Collaborates with Adobe Creative Technology Academy
Chandigarh, India, Aug 19, 2021 — Chitkara University today announced its collaboration with Adobe to offer advanced creative skill-based training to its students and faculty. Dr. Madhu Chitkara, Pro-Chancellor, Chitkara University, and senior officials of Adobe India signed the agreement at a virtual event. Girish Balachandran, India Director, Digital Media Business; Supreeth Nagaraju, Head, Education Vertical India, Digital Media Business; and Aman Soni, Enterprise Account Manager Education, Digital Media Business, represented Adobe India.
With the industry looking to hire technically skilled and creatively alive, Chitkara University’s collaboration with Adobe will go a long way in making students industry-ready. It will also ensure that the faculty matches the industry demand and the latest skills required.
The digital era has signaled tremendous change and transformation in companies’ employment needs, resulting in a gap between industry demands and academic standards. New-age skills like Artificial Intelligence, Creativity, Design Thinking, Machine Learning, and Big Data are in need today. The main objective of the Chitkara University and Adobe Creative Technology Academy partnership is to offer Digital and Creative skill-based training to students to enhance employability and entrepreneurship skills as per industry demand.
Girish Balachandran, Director, Sales, Digital Media, Adobe, India, emphasized that Adobe technologies will enrich Chitkara’s students’ academic experience and prepare them with the digital skills and confidence they need to take their place in the future workforce.
Supreeth Nagaraju, Head, Education, Digital Media, Adobe, India, highlighted, “If you want to build digital fluency, providing technology is only part of the equation.” He further added, “We are happy to collaborate with Chitkara University to empower faculty and students and make it easy for them to integrate the digital and creative-skill building into their coursework.”
“This partnership will allow students to acquire a joint Co-branded certification from Adobe and Chitkara University and will provide them with an opportunity to build industry connections and participate in creative competitions to widen their skills and exposure further. We strongly believe that the Adobe Creative Technology Academy is a one-of-its-kind initiative. It will benefit our design students immensely and make them responsible future digital citizens,” said Dr. Madhu Chitkara, Pro-Chancellor, Chitkara University.
“Adobe Creative Technology Academy at Chitkara Design School aims to deliver industry-accepted learning outcomes for students and faculty and enable them to be relevant in the Digital Economy and empower their creative technology entrepreneurship. In addition, this unique industry-academia partnership will support us in building immersive design courses,” said Mr. Gopal Meena, Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, Chitkara Design School.
Source: Chitkara University Chandigarh
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