*(DNS Report : Sairam. CVS, Bureau Chief, Vizag)*

Visakhapatnam, October 19, 2021 (DNS Online): The Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam (IIMV) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) on October 18, 2021, at a special ceremony in the IIM Visakhapatnam campus. The purpose of this MOU is to strengthen the academia-industry interface and relationship between IIM Visakhapatnam and HPCL by conducting various programs for the students in IIMV and for the officers of HPCL.

The Director Prof. M. Chandrasekhar, IIMV welcomed the chief guest of the eve and spoke about how MoU would establish the strong relationship between HPCL and IIMV as well as help students to get an insight into the PSU work culture. He also spoke

about the various degree programs being offered by IIM V (PGP-DGM, PGP-Ex, PGP, PhD) and gave an insight into the much-awaited upcoming permanent campus which is 20 km away from the transit campus and also is energy neutral, carbon neutral, water neutral.

Addressing the gathering, the chief guest Dr. Pushp Kumar Joshi, Director (HR), HPCL said “As part of the collaborative venture the senior executives of HPCL and faculty in IIMV will work together to strengthen the multi-faceted academia-industry relationship and contribute in the field of research”. He added that the senior executives of HPCL would interact with the students giving them an insight into the industrial world. On the other hand IIMV faculty will conduct digital training programs, workshops for the senior officers of HPCL. He also

spoke about 45 HPCL members team working on a case study pertaining to what HR would be in the coming future and how study of psychology, sociology can be used in HR. HPCL and IIMV will join hands for producing such case studies.

The MoU was signed by K Nagesh, GM (HR), HPCL, and Prof. Neena Pandey, Coordinator (Administration) IIMV on behalf of their respective institutions. The event was attended by the IIM Visakhapatnam faculty members and senior executives of HPCL.