The company will install innovative virtual global delivery platform, which will permit the VIT centre to function as a virtual training and development extension of Zensar's own software development campus.
The agreement was signed by Ganesh Natarajan, deputy chairman and managing director, Zensar Technologies and Bharat Agarwal, director-VIT, on the sidelines of Nasscom's first executive council meeting at Zensar's Pune campus.
Among those present were Kiran Karnik, president, Nasscom and other members of the Nasscom IT work force development initiative.
Zensar has offered the student community an opportunity to work closely on their projects and expose themselves to mature software engineering processes and practices, thereby enabling the students to be a part of the global team of professionals working on world-class business solutions.
Under the initiative, students will be trained to implement Zensar's framework and innovation in technology - solution blueprint.
The virtual global delivery platform will enable students to work on the SBP framework remotely at their own campuses, connected with Zensar's innovation centres in Pune and Hyderabad.
The student community of the University would work on projects out of this hub in real time.
Dilip Ittyera, global head of Zensar's Innovative Technology Solutions business said, "Making a beginning with VIT in Pune, we plan to take this initiative beyond IT students, to include even graduates from diverse streams, as well as people from different domains and experiences, even geographies."
The initiative aims at leveraging the benefits of the technology to students in India and around the world, and strengthen the industry-academia relationship. Students would be offered "live projects" to provide adequate work experience creating "business-ready" professionals for the IT industry.