Hyderabad, India
16 Oct 2025
Valedictory Session on "Academic Campuses as Industry Incubators" at CII EDU Summit
Mr. Srikanth Talluri, Founder 6D Varsity & Co-Convenor – Education & Skills Panel, has hosted a Valedictory Session on "Academic Campuses as Industry Incubators" at CII EDU Summit. A great session that left strong impressions and recommendations towards the #FutureofWork collaboration between Industry-AcademiaÂ
A heartleft thanks to Distinguished panelists- Ms. Madhuri Kalidindi , Dr. Jagadeesh Gandla , Mr. Anand Jadi & Mr. Sreekanth Perepu for sparing their valuable time, and sharing invaluable knowledge, insights and recommendations coming from their vast experience serving organisations at scale.
Panel Discussion Summary:
Stories from #Kyndryl, #ITC, #FABA on their current state of academic collaboration towards talent pipeline development.Â
How talent grooming can happen within/outside the campuses while solving the #real industry problems.
#Student & #Faculty Engagement into the Industrial #ProblemsolvingÂ
CSR vs #Investment Mode of Engagements
Academic Campuses as #Corporate Innovation #Sandboxes - Possibilities, Opportunities, Challenges et al.
#Democratising the Model - with #Design based Engagements first which needs Minimal Lab Infrastructure, followed by #Prototyping next which demands Lab & People Infra coupled with Financial Support demanding the Team, Time & Cost based #ROIÂ
#AI emergence, white collar #cobots aka Agents Solving Lower-Order Problems, need to shift the baseline towards Solving #Complex Problems & #HigherOrder-Works
Mindset: 👉
Industry begins from College Campuses ( Pro Lite version @ Campus )
Professional life begins from Day 1 of College ( Pro Max version @ Industry )
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