Media Release

Moodbidri, May 6: Mangalore Institute of Technology and Engineering (MITE) Moodabidri today announced the signing off an Agreement with UiPath, the global software company that develops a platform for Robotic Process Automation (RPA). The agreement under UiPath Academic Alliance program will help MITE ramp up educators with skills of the future and also offer courses related to Robotic Process Automation (RPA) to its students. MITE will receive curriculum, course content, learning materials, regular educator trainings and software tools, to provide training to their students. UiPath will also provide program support in terms of examination papers and sample assignments.

MITE has already been accredited by National Board of Accreditation (NBA) for its Four Departments; by virtue of adhering to the Global Quality Standards – providing Industry relevant Quality Practical oriented Education, Excellent Annual Academic Results, Industry Academic Tie up, Focus on Research & Development, Enhancing Entreprenurial activities, Placement provided at World renowned Companies and Activities Beyond Academics for all round development. The Accreditation Process has considered the multiple Industry linkages as one of a key point - like MoU with SIEMENS, Bosch Rexroth, KPIT, Carl Zeiss, and Advanced Partner Institute recognition with Infosys Campus Connect. Further with the MoU with UiPath, MITE will be able to leverage the competency of Students in the Artificial Intelligence & Automation
Domain at par with the Industry requirements.

Fourth Industrial revolution is disrupting and reshaping every industry. Technologies like artificial intelligence and automation are driving productivity and redefining future of work. RPA is playing an instrumental role in helping humans automate mundane tasks and free up time for higher – level works. RPA is also anticipated to create new jobs requiring higher level cognitive thinking and creativity.

Speaking on the occasion of the MoU exchange, Rajesh Chouta, chairman, MITE said, “Technologies in the Industry are changing rapidly. It is really a challenge to keep at pace with the fast paced evolving technologies. However, we at MITE are looking at developing our students at par with the Industrial requirements focusing on latest technologies like Artificial Intelligence, IoT, Automation. Our students will be trained with technologies that are currently been used in the Industry – thus making them ‘Industry Ready’.”

UiPath Academic Alliance program was launched in September 2018 with a vision to create an automated and fully-employed world. The Academic Alliance program empowers people from all walks of life - university students, educators and business professionals alike - to access automation training and leverage it in the workplace of the future. Under its Automation First initiative, the UiPath Academic Alliance is committed to serving more than one million students and one thousand schools in the next three years.

About UiPath

UiPath is leading the ‘Automation First’ era – championing one robot for every person, delivering free and open training and collaboration and enabling robots to learn new skills through AI and machine learning. Led by a commitment to bring digital era skills to more than a million people, the company’s enterprise Robotic Process Automation (RPA) platform has already automated millions of repetitive, mind-numbing tasks for business and government organizations all over the world, improving productivity, customer experience and employee job satisfaction.

Recently named by Comparably as the 6th happiest place to work and recognized as having the 11th best company culture among large businesses, UiPath has become one of the fastest growing enterprise software companies in history. The company is backed by over $400 million in funding from Accel, CapitalG, Credo Ventures, Earlybird’s Digital East Fund, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Madrona, Meritech, Seedcamp and Sequoia.

MITE is is offering Undergraduate Coursesin Engineering BE in the following branches of – Computer Science & Engineering, Information Science & Engineering, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Aeronautical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Mechatronics Engineering. Also MITE is offering Post Graduate Master of Business Administration and MTech courses in seven disciplines. MITE is also accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) and certified with ISO 9001:2015 Standards.