Chitkara University collaborates with Adobe Creative technology to offer skill-based training to its students, faculty

The main objective of Chitkara University and Adobe Creative Technology Academy partnership is to offer digital and creative skill-based training to students to enhance employability and entrepreneurship skills as per industry demand.

Chitkara University has collaborated with Adobe to offer creative skill-based training to its students and faculty. The agreement was signed during a virtual event which was attended by Madhu Chitkara, pro-chancellor, Chitkara University and Girish Balachandran, India director, Digital Media Business; Supreeth Nagaraju, head, Education Vertical India, Digital Media Business; Aman Soni, Enterprise account manager, education, Digital Media Business; and senior officials of Adobe India.

With industries looking forward to hiring those who are technically skilled and creatively alive, Chitkara University’s collaboration with Adobe will go a long way in making students industry-ready and will also ensure that the faculty is at par with the industry demand and the latest skills required.

The digital era has signalled tremendous change and transformation in companies’ employment needs, resulting in a gap between industry demands and academic standards. New-age skills such as artificial intelligence, creativity, design thinking, machine learning and big data are in demand. The main objective of Chitkara University and Adobe Creative Technology Academy partnership is to offer digital and creative skill-based training to students to enhance employability and entrepreneurship skills as per industry demand.

Speaking on the occasion Girish Balachandran, director, sales, Digital Media, Adobe, India emphasised that Adobe technologies will enrich Chitkara’s students’ academic experience and prepare them with the digital skills and confidence they need to take their place in the future workforce.

Supreeth Nagaraju, head education, Digital Media, Adobe, India said, “If you want to build digital fluency, providing technology is only part of the equation.”

He added, “We are happy to collaborate with Chitkara University to empower faculty and students and make it easy for them to integrate digital and creative-skill building into their coursework.”

“This partnership will allow students to acquire a joint co-branded certification from Adobe and Chitkara University and will provide them with an opportunity to build industry connections and participate in creative competitions to further widen their skills and exposure. We strongly believe that the Adobe Creative Technology Academy is one of its kind initiatives which will benefit our design students immensely and make them responsible future digital citizens,” said Madhu Chitkara, pro chancellor, Chitkara University.

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