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An initiative to groom researchers

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Monitoring talent: The exclusive laboratory opened at Yadava College on Thursday.

MADURAI: Can Information Technology students pursuing undergraduate courses in an arts college become ‘product developers’ in software industry?

This is being made possible in a city college that has established a hi-tech computer laboratory with 100 IBM workstations meant to groom students into researchers.

After launching a website - www.maduraiitians.com - in February, Yadava College has reached the next stage in its IT initiatives by opening a dedicated research laboratory on Thursday.

“Student teams will be encouraged and guided in research on topics that are of interest to them. Besides, the faculty will develop tools that determine the life of software,” said S.P. Kabilan, Head of Department of Information Technology, Yadava College.

The ‘ITians Club’ of the college has created a forum to link the IT people of southern districts and be a connecting medium among the student community, faculty and industry.

According to P. Rengan, Principal (in-charge), more than 700 students doing their B.Sc. (Computer Science), B.Sc. (IT) and B.C.A. courses will be encouraged in product development rather than doing just project works.

The laboratory, set up at a cost of Rs.1.6 crore, would be a Research and Development Centre since it is fully equipped with Open Source Software and connectivity, Prof. Kabilan said.

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