22nd July, 2013 Bangalore, India: The time for Indian product story is ripe as the countrys IT industry is shifting on from the leadership stage in the services sector towards the IP and products phase. In a multibillion dollar market, Product Leaders are a key component of the process to accelerate the Product ecosystem in India. Across the spectrum ranging from multinational companies to startups, there is an echoing need for product professionals both product managers and product architects alike who can bring in a transformation into the IT industry. In a commitment to address this echoing need and to empower aspiring product leaders of the IT hub of India, IEEE Bangalore Section, part of the worlds largest professional association for the advancement of technology and Institute of Product Leadership, India's first B school which is designed by senior product practitioners has signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU). This pact is aimed at bringing value to IEEE professional members of Bangalore, grooming them with competent expertise to emerge successful product leaders and accelerate the transition from project to product mindsets & skill sets.

The key elements agreed out of this MoU are that IPL and IEEE will be the outreach partners for respective talks or conferences or seminars or courses. IPL will be conduct customized programs specifically for IEEE members around Product Management, Product Architecture and Sr. Technical Leadership Programs for Engineering Managers. IPL is also offering Certificate Program in Product Management & Market (ICPM), Asias first mini MBA, to the senior IEEE members at preferential rates. Participants of IPLs open program will be paired with senior product executives from IEEE for 1:1 mentoring & live project internships as part of their 100 Day Industry Immersion program.

Pinkesh Shah, Co Founder & Director of Programs, Institute of Product Leadership Pvt. Ltd. said, Our mission is to help create an experiential education platform for professionals who want to accelerate or transition into product leadership career path. Its an immense pleasure to work with IEEE who also shares the same vision in helping build a stronger product ecosystem and helping technology leaders essentially productize their innovation Speaking on the sign up, Ravikiran A, Vice Chairman IEEE - Bangalore, said, IEEE in Karnataka is very vibrant with a professional member base of over 2000 senior technology professionals. We want to provide opportunities to our members to explore career with product management. This is in line with our goal to energize the ecosystem to translate technological innovations to successful products for benefit of humanity

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