Industry exposure for UM students

Knowledge sharing mission: Raghu (second left) and Prof Yatimah exchanging the MOU documents. Looking on are WD Tech and Regional Center senior director (strategic operations) Sudhir Bhassu (far left) and UM Faculty of Engineering dean Prof Dr Kaharudin Dimyati (far right).

A NEW academia-industry partnership is set to provide various knowledge exchange opportunities for students and academics at Universiti Malaya (UM).

Over the next five years, the students will gain exposure to the electronics industry through data infrastructure company Western Digital while the academics will have access to its industry-related expertise, and new skills, data and equipment which will enable their research to achieve tangible impacts.