K M Dayashankar
Louisiana Tech University is USA’s renowned public university and it assured JITS students for graduate assistantship and scholarships for research programmes
JITS is also holding parleys with several other Universities of USA and sign a MoUs very soon, says JITS Secretary Juvvadi Sumith Sai
KARIMNAGAR, MAY 08, 2024: The signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Jyothismati Institute of Technology and Sciences (JITS, Karimnagar and renowned Louisiana Tech University (LTU) in USA will help the students getting short-listed easily and pursue their higher education with confidence and security.
LTU located in Ruston, Louisiana, USA, is a prominent and highly ranked public university established in 1894 known for its engineering, science and business programmes. The progarmmes offered for LTU’s School of Engineering are accredited by ABET (Accreditation board for Engineering and Technology) in USA.
In a free-wheeling chat with ‘www.hindudayashankar.com’ on Wednesday, JITS Secretary and Correspondent Juvvadi Sumith Sai said that the JITS students after getting admitted into LTU for higher education, the US university assured financial assistance in the form of graduate assistantship and scholarships wherever possible. The LTU is a standard university and the process of short-listing will become easy following MoU with JITS, he stated.
The JITS (autonomous) college with NAAC ‘A’ grade and NBA accreditation sign MoU with LTU, USA on March 20, 2024. The first batch of students are already preparing for their MS education in LTU, USA. Accordingly, the JITS management is planning to a webinar with LTU Director International admissions to give first hand information about how to apply with the university and other requirements. The LTU would follow the natural norms of clearance of GRE and TOEFL by the students. Once joined the LTU, the students can showcase their talent on various projects by approaching the university professors and secure scholarships.
To a query, Mr Sumit Sai said that ‘We are talking with LTU authorities to conduct workshops for students and faculty training programmes for the JITS teachers”. He said that they were also holding parleys with several other universities of USA to tie up with JITS and helping the students pursue their higher education dream of studying in USA which might materialize very soon.
Asked about the job oriented courses, he said that the JITS was already offering AI and machine learning, IoT and Data Science as minor programmes and planning to increase the content of the courses. On the campus placement, the JITS attained distinction with 80 per cent of eligible students securing the placements ranging from Rs 6 lakhs to Rs 8.5 lakhs package. A year ago, a student had secured highest package of Rs 12 lakh plus during the campus placement.
Some other students not eligible for the campus placement going for higher education, he maintained. “We do have skill enhancement programmes in third and four semester with 40-hour training session conducted by professionals from outside and making them employable. The e-learning programmes by several firms including TCS and thantra by providing content for the students to prepare them for campus placements”, he stated.
