PITTSBURGH, July 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --
/ Key Highlights
- Prith Banerjee, Ansys CTO, and
his wife, Swati Banerjee, endowed
the Indian Institute of Technology
(IIT) Kharagpur with the Prithviraj and Swati Banerjee Chair
Professorship
- The endowment is intended to spur research and provide IIT
Kharagpur students with access to Ansys simulation solutions
Prith Banerjee,
Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) CTO, and his wife, Swati Banerjee signed a memorandum of
understanding to create the Prithviraj and Swati Banerjee Chair
Professorship for IIT Kharagpur's department of electronics and
electrical communication engineering. In line with Ansys'
commitment to close the skills gap and help companies innovate
faster, the chair professorship will encourage research and
industrial collaboration while expanding student access to Ansys
simulation solutions.
Banerjee graduated from IIT Kharagpur, a top engineering college
in India, with a bachelor's degree
in electronics and electrical communication engineering in 1981. At
Ansys, Banerjee remains committed to academia by leading a robust
ecosystem of programs used by more than 2,750 universities in 90
countries for teaching and research. Ansys also offers free student
downloads, the Ansys Learning Forum and Ansys' award-winning
Ansys Innovation Courses, all designed to lower the barrier to
simulation.
"We are deeply grateful for Prith and
Swati Banerjee's generosity and excited to expand our
relationship with Ansys as the world leader in simulation," said
Virendra Tewari, director, IIT
Kharagpur. "This endowment and the use of Ansys in the classroom
will help IIT Kharagpur realize its 2030 vision of ranking among
the top ten universities in the world. We look forward to watching
our students take advantage of these new resources, excelling in
future careers and making a positive impact on the world, just as
Prith has."
"It is crucial to better prepare engineering students as they
enter a world exploding with complex technologies," said
Prith Banerjee, CTO, Ansys. "I can
say from personal experience that IIT Kharagpur excels in preparing
its students for real-world challenges. I am confident the
Prithviraj and Swati Banerjee Chair Professorship – along with
access to Ansys' industry-leading simulation solutions – will
strengthen an already impeccable engineering program."
/ About Ansys
If you've ever seen a rocket launch, flown on an airplane,
driven a car, used a computer, touched a mobile device, crossed a
bridge or put on wearable technology, chances are you've used a
product where Ansys software played a critical role in its
creation. Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation.
Through our strategy of Pervasive Engineering Simulation, we help
the world's most innovative companies deliver radically better
products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest
portfolio of engineering simulation software, we help them solve
the most complex design challenges and create products limited only
by imagination. Founded in 1970, Ansys is headquartered south of
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
Visit www.ansys.com for more information.
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