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Two SFU Students Complete Prestigious Global Internship Program with Infosys
Thursday, October 24, 2013Company Profile | Follow Company
Vancouver, BC, October 24, 2013--(T-Net)--Simon Fraser University announced today that doctoral student Erick Oduor and international student Andreas Hovland are among the first students from Western Canada to participate in InStep, a prestigious global internship program with Infosys, one of India's top technology companies.
Oduor, of Surrey, who is in the School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT) graduate program, did a nine-week stint working at the company's Bangalore-based headquarters while Hovland, majoring in economics and anthropology at SFU, recently completed a 12-week business research project.
V. Ganapathy Subramanian, head of Strategy and Planning at Infosys says: “InStep provides opportunities for the best and brightest students to work on some of the most challenging projects. While the program began in 1999, this is the first year we have students from universities in Western Canada.
“This is a clear recognition of the growing need to take advantage of the talent coming from Canada. We are happy to welcome the Western Canadian students to the program.”
Adds SFU President Andrew Petter: "SFU's participation in the InStep program reflects our vision as an engaged university to provide students with unparalleled experiential learning opportunities at home and around the world."
More than 1,250 students have been accepted for InStep internships to date, including students from some of the world's top institutions, including MIT and Oxford. The University of Toronto was the first Canadian university to become involved in the program.
Students work on high-impact projects that focus on technology, liberal arts and business, while getting first-hand exposure to one of the world's fastest growing economies. They brush shoulders with business leaders and senior management, participate in workshops and training programs and are guided by mentors.
“This was a rare opportunity for me to develop my research interests in a global setting and learn from a wide scope of experiences,” says Oduor, a third-year student spending the fall term as a prototype designer at Siemens Corporate Research in Princeton, New Jersey. In all, 147 global students converged at Infosys from the spring to fall of 2013.
While at Infosys, Oduor researched protocols and mechanisms used to manage devices and applications that run across multiple Machine-to-Machine Device Management (M2M DM) platforms. He identified the gaps that exist in current M2M DM space versus existing global standards.
Hovland, now completing his third undergraduate year at SFU, developed an “experience database” that is expected to be an integral component of any culture-related training program run by Education & Research at Infosys. He followed it up with a training needs analysis aimed at enabling cultural competency among chosen geographies.
Says Hovland: “The InStep model is project-based and applicants are chosen according to their individual fit to a certain project. As I am pursuing a double major with honors in economics and anthropology, I was expected to approach the project with a diversified perspective.”
In addition to a monthly stipend, interns receive on-campus, guesthouse accommodation, round-trip airfare, medical insurance and a health club membership. The internship provides students with opportunities to explore and experience the culture of India and gain exposure to its emerging market.
About Infosys
Infosys (www.infosys.com) is a global leader in consulting, technology and outsourcing solutions, enabling clients, in more than 30 countries, to stay a step ahead of emerging business trends and outperform the competition. Infosys helps clients transform and thrive in a changing world by co-creating breakthrough solutions that combine strategic insights and execution excellence.
Simon Fraser University is Canada's top-ranked comprehensive university and one of the top 50 universities in the world under 50 years old. With campuses in Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey, B.C., SFU engages actively with the community in its research and teaching, delivers almost 150 programs to more than 30,000 students, and has more than 120,000 alumni in 130 countries.
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Nav Chima, 778.782.4195; nchima@sfu.ca
Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 778.782.9017; Marianne_Meadahl@sfu.ca
Simon Fraser University
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Website: www.infosys.com
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