These employees go through a rigorous entrance examination and an internal selection process to get a seat for the M.Tech. program.

This is the third batch of SRI-B employees who have earned their master’s degree from this institute, after SRI-B partnered with IIIT-B for imparting M.Tech. with specialisation in Computer Science for its employees. This program is part of the R&D Centre’s continuous learning initiative, which helps in fulfilling the aspirations of many of its employees.

“Our employees have always displayed a strong desire to enhance their technical skills and we are delighted to play such an important role in helping them fulfill their M.Tech aspirations. We aim to continue offering our people more avenues to build their technical skills,” said Dr. Aloknath De, Chief Technology Officer, SRI-B.

SRI-B hires many engineers from top engineering colleges across the country and provides them the opportunity to work on cutting edge technology in areas such as AI, machine learning, IoT, natural language processing, biometrics and camera tech. In order to help these employees gain more skills to shape their career, SRI-B runs many training programs that are aimed at both young professionals as well as experienced personnel.

SRI-B was set up in 1996, a year after Samsung entered the Indian market, and has worked on several India centric innovations that are a part of Samsung products today. Many global innovations in Samsung’s flagship smartphones have also been developed in the R&D centre.

Dr. Seounghoon Oh, Managing Director, Samsung R&D Institute India-Noida and Prof. G Sundar, Director, Off Campus Programmes & Industry Engagement, BITS Pilani after signing the MoU

The program will be fully sponsored by Samsung and is intended to offer employees an opportunity to synergize theory with practice on a sustained basis, and to enhance their academic qualification.

As part of the initiative, SRI-Noida employees can pursue M.Tech. in Software Systems, to further upgrade their skills. The course consists of 3 semesters of theory work and 1 semester of dissertation. The curriculum of the course has been decided in alignment with SRI-Noida’s focus on research and skill-development in niche areas such as Machine Learning, Cloud Computing, Data Mining, Data Structure & Algorithms Design and Artificial Intelligence.

The course will help strengthen the technical knowledge of employees while giving them a career development opportunity.

“As technology evolves, skill sets must evolve too, especially for a company like Samsung that is focused on the next level of innovations. This MoU is in line with our vision to develop futuristic skill-sets aligned to the requirements of the fast evolving mobile and consumer electronics sectors. With a deep understanding of the changing consumer behaviour and technological advancements, Samsung India is committed to support the Government’s ‘Make in India’ objective. Through these strategic partnerships, we aim to deliver the best training and skill development to our employees, and thereby accelerate our ‘Make for India’ initiative,” said
Dr. Seounghoon Oh, Managing Director, Samsung R&D Institute India-Noida.

Every year a batch of 35 employees from SRI-Noida will be sponsored for this 2-year M.Tech. program. All classes will be conducted on the SRI-Noida campus.

“We are very excited about this partnership both in terms of upskilling employees of SRI-Noida and to develop a globally competitive talent pool. BITS Pilani’s Work Integrated Learning Programs (WILP) are designed to integrate academic content with the requirements of the workplace, and are conducted with the same level of rigor as the program offered on campus,” said Prof. G Sundar, Director, Off Campus Programmes & Industry Engagement, BITS Pilani.

SRI-Noida has an existing MoU with Delhi Technological University (DTU) for M.Tech. and PhD since 2011.

SRI-Noida was established in 2007 with the primary focus of mobile software development and testing. It is actively involved in developing localized and advanced solutions to suit market needs for South West Asia and also develop models for Middle East Asia, North America (USA and Canada), Europe & CIS regions. The centre possesses extensive and in-depth experience in major domains of R&D like Multimedia, Applications, Framework, System & Communication Protocol.

The R&D centre has developed several India specific innovations such as popular S-Bike Mode, Ultra Data Saving Mode, Social Camera, S Secure and S Power Planning. Many of these innovations have done well in global markets as well.

Gaurav Kumar Jain (L) at the convocation ceremony

Gaurav Kumar Jain notched up 3.91 CGPA in his M.Tech. program this year, enough to help him win the gold medal at International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore’s batch of 2017. It’s no ordinary achievement, considering Gaurav is also a full-time employee of Samsung R&D Institute India, Bangalore (SRI-B), Samsung’s biggest research centre outside Korea.

Gaurav credited his success to the interesting work he does at SRI-B, which involves machine learning and data analytics, and the support of colleagues at workplace.

“This wouldn’t have been possible if I hadn’t got proactive support from the team at work and from my seniors. The last three years were a challenge but I would love relive each of those days for the sheer value they have added to my career,” said the 37-year-old whose M.Tech. Thesis was on Deep Learning.

Gaurav is part of the first batch (2014-17) of SRI-B students that successfully completed M.Tech. from IIIT-Bangalore. SRI-B has an agreement with IIIT-Bangalore for imparting M.Tech. with specialisation in Computer Science for its employees.

SRI-B employs thousands of young engineers who work on cutting edge technology in diverse areas. Many engineers at SRI-B are straight out of college. To help upskill these employees, SRI-B tied up with IIIT-B for an M.Tech. program in 2014. Employees have to go through a rigorous entrance examination and an internal selection process to get a seat for the M.Tech. program.

“We have a strong vision to transform SRI-B into an advanced R&D centre by scaling up our talent capabilities and also infrastructure. The M.Tech. program helps reskill our talent base and make them future-ready. It also helps fulfill the aspirations of employees. The response to the M.Tech. program has been excellent,” said Sanjeev Prasad, Vice President, HR at Samsung R&D Institute India, Bangalore.

SRI-B has launched several other initiatives to engage young minds and nurture entrepreneurship skills among employees.

“We have built an India Research Network of different faculties across institutes. Every year we invite six to seven professors to talk on topics such as data security and IoT. We also employ some Research Fellows. We have also started a sabbatical program for professors in summer. These professors spend some time with us, consult our projects and deliver solutions,” said Dr. Aloknath De, Chief Technology Officer, SRI-B.

SRI-B was set up in 1996, a year after Samsung entered the Indian market, and has worked on several India centric innovations that are a part of Samsung products today. Many global innovations in Samsung’s flagship smartphones have also been developed in the R&D centre.